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ISLAND OUT OF TIME : A MEMOIR OF SMITH ISLAND IN THE CHESAPEAKE
by HORTON, TOM
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393039382
- ISBN 13
- 9780393039382
- Seller
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About This Item
NY: W W Norton & Co Inc. Very Good. 1996. first edition,1p; 1234567890 print line. paperback. 9.3 X 6.2 X 1.1 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S25.00) DUST JACKET; METALIC RED SPINE TITLES ON WHITE CLOTH SPINE STRIP. RED HARD COVERS.. 3x" photo Red sunset on white dust jacket..; 316 pages; River Nature Writings...archipelago known as Smith Island sits in Chesapeake Bay, just off Maryland's eastern shore, it is in some ways a place lost in time and space. Lacking a police force, a high school, or a hospital, it still carries the flavor of another era. People earn a tough living from crabbing, which means 18-hour work days for six months of the year, and they still speak a heavily accented language that some scholars believe dates back to Elizabethan times. In 1987, Tom Horton, an environmental writer for the Baltimore Sun, moved with his family to this 300-year-old community. This thoughtful, well-written book is his record of the two years they spent there. .
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- Wonderful Books by Mail (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 126186
- Title
- ISLAND OUT OF TIME : A MEMOIR OF SMITH ISLAND IN THE CHESAPEAKE
- Author
- HORTON, TOM
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition,1p; 1234567890 print line
- ISBN 10
- 0393039382
- ISBN 13
- 9780393039382
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Inc
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- River, Chesapeake, Nature, VA, MD, Smith island life
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