| An Island Out of Time: A Memoir of Smith Island in the Chesapeake Contributor(s): Horton, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393331466 ISBN-13: 9780393331462 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: "He has captured in full the life of the island."--"Washington Post Book World" A classic of Chesapeake Bay literature, Tom Horton's "An Island Out of Time" chronicles the three years Horton and his family spent on Smith Island, a marshy archipelago in the middle of Maryland's famous estuary. The result is an intimate portrait of a deeply traditional community that lived much as their ancestors did three hundred years before, attuned to the habits of blue crab, oyster, and waterfowl. In a new afterword for this edition, Horton brings the story of Smith Island, and its people, up to the present. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2008277397 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.54" W x 8.32" (0.60 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Maryland - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A classic of Chesapeake Bay literature, Tom Horton's An Island Out of Time chronicles the three years Horton and his family spent on Smith Island, a marshy archipelago in the middle of Maryland's famous estuary. The result is an intimate portrait of a deeply traditional community that lived much as their ancestors did three hundred years before, attuned to the habits of blue crab, oyster, and waterfowl. In a new afterword for this edition, Horton brings the story of Smith Island, and its people, up to the present. |
Contributor Bio(s): Horton, Tom: - Tom Horton has written numerous books about the Chesapeake Bay. He lives in Riverton, Maryland. |