An Island Out of Time : A Memoir of Smith Island in the Chesapeake - Hardcover
Smith Island is a marshy archipelago in mid-Chesapeake Bay, 9 miles from the mainland, home to 150 watermen & 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 & nature any longer have immediate consequence to most of our lives. Horton recorded the traditions of oystering, crab catching, churchgoing, hunting & poaching, & the social rituals of these fiercely independent men & women. His story is about community & isolation, harvest & exploitation, & the risks & charms of being different from the surrounding world.
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Review:
Although the 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.
About the Author:
Tom Horton has written numerous books about the Chesapeake Bay. He lives in Riverton, Maryland.
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- PublisherNorton, W.W.
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0788167596
- ISBN 13 9780788167591
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages316
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