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Chesapeake requiem : a year with the waterman of vanishing Tangier Island

Swift, Earl

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Summary: Tangier Island, Virginia, is a community unique on the American landscape. Mapped by John Smith in 1608, settled during the American Revolution, the tiny sliver of mud is home to 470 hardy people who live an isolated and challenging existence, with one foot in the 21st century and another in times long passed. They are separated from their countrymen by the nation's largest estuary, and a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2018

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 639.56 SWI

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