An Island Out of Time: A Memoir of Smith Island in the Chesapeake

Tom Horton
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A small island home to five hundred watermen and their families, Smith Island is the subject of an elegant study about a community that has stayed true to its past while witnessing the decline of the natural wonders surrounding it in Chesapeake Bay. Tour.
Genres: NonfictionMemoirHistoryTravelNatureNatural History
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