Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Preface John Clay MacKowen's Capri 1 Geological 2 Topography and Climate 3 History 4 Why Tiberius came and remained in Capri 5 History during the Middle Ages and Modern Times 6 Habits and Customs 7 Description Capri - The Island Revisited 8 An Adventurous Life Anna Maria Palombi Cataldi, Full Professor of English Literature, Department of Modern Philology, University of Naples, Federico II 9 The Geology of Capri: a noble endeavour Filippo Barattolo, Full Professor of Palaeontology, Department of Earth Science, University of Naples, Federico II 10 It all began with Cave-dwellers: MacKowen and the ancient history of Capri Eduardo Federico, Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek History, Department of History, University of Naples, Federico II 11 John Clay MacKowen: an archaeologist in Capri Rossella Zaccagnini, PhD, Archaeologist, Specialist in Ancient Topography 12 From Capri to the Mainland: an island on the fringes of a capital Anna Maria Palombi Cataldi 13 Looking Beyond: MacKowen and the habits and customs of the island Carmelina Fiorentino, Librarian, Biblioteca Caprense Ignazio Cerio, Capri Bibliography Index

About the Author

. He was in turn a decorated officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, a medical doctor, a passionate and knowledgeable collector and bibliophile, and a twenty-year resident in Capri before finally sailing home to his native Louisiana. The story of his murder on the day he arrived off the boat in New Orleans, and the disappearance at the same time of two cases of rare books and bindings that he had brought with him from Capri, has been enshrined in all previous accounts of his life - and has now been shown to be completely false. The truth of his last years and the destination of his collection of priceless books - now safely in the care of a university library - has proved to be very much more interesting. This new work has been prepared under the editorial direction of Anna Maria Palombi Cataldi, Professor of English in the University of Naples and Director of the Library of the Centro Caprense Ignazio Cerio in Capri. She has written new material with her co-contributors: Filippo Barattolo,Professor of Earth Science in the University of Naples, Eduardo Federico, Rosella Zacagnini and Carmelina Fiorentino