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, is the subject of a study about a community that has remained true to its past while witnessing the decline of the natural world surrounding it. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
Genres: NonfictionMemoirHistoryTravelNatureNatural History
336 Pages

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