An Island Out of Time: A Memoir of Smith Island in the Chesapeake
by Tom Horton
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages336 pages
ISBN
9780679781059
Published
1996
Description
Smith island is a marshy archipelago in mid-chesapeake bay, nine miles from the mainland, home to 150 watermen and their families. This book is a portrait of a people who have remained intimately connected to the place i...Smith island is a marshy archipelago in mid-chesapeake bay, nine miles from the mainland, home to 150 watermen and their families. This book is a portrait of a people who have remained intimately connected to the place in which they live, far past the time when "Place" And "Nature" Any longer have immediate consequence to most of our lives.