I saw this text in the Logos bookstore in Harbor Bay and I snatched it up immediately. My paternal Grammy's people come from Driggs Hill, South Andros (the Flowers Clan), and my dad has fond memories of growing up there for a period of time. The subtitle also caught my eye- insight into life and inter-island migration in a small community in The Bahamas. One of my historical interests is migration! The chapters are split up: an overview of inter-island migration; geography and early settlement; the hurricane of 1929; Seaman, Mariners, Boatbuilders, and lighthouse keepers; inter-island migration; island life in perspective; and the dynamic of politics. The Tinkers cover up to the present day, especially in the political chapter.

I learned new things from South Andros such as Bermudian families who settled in Andros starting in 1787 bringing family names like - Adams, Burrows, Cox, Davis, Evans, Gibbs, Gilbert, Higgs, Ingraham, Jennings, Seymour, Smith, Taylor, Tucker, Wells, Wright, and Young; There was a Jewish Cemetery in the St. Matthews Anglican Church compound in New Providence; the brazen destruction of the 1929 hurricane; the different waves of migration in and out of South Andros; some information about the Flowers clan and how they started off in Exuma.

I had some issues with the text. Because this book is being presented as a historical and cultural monograph I wanted more citations throughout the text. Both Tinkers present themselves as historians, and Keith Tinker has written other historical monographs. There were places in the text where statistics and facts were being stated and there were no citations at all. I appreciated the Tinkers' using oral history, as well as historical archives through the book. It brought a more personable element to the text. Overall South Andros was quick but fascinating read.