In words and pictures, St. John Backtime describes two-and-a-half centuries of life on St. John during the Danish Colonial period and post-transfer period. The book Includes letters, journals, travellers' reports, memoirs, oral histories, archival documents and periodicals. It also includes maps, plans, drawings, paintings and photographs from archives, libraries, museums and private collections in the Virgin Islands and the United States, Canada, Norway and Denmark.