| An Island Out of Time Contributor(s): Horton, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 0762827785 ISBN-13: 9780762827787 Publisher: Alva Press OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 975.223 |
| Physical Information: 316 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - Maryland - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Although Smith Island lies only nine miles off the Maryland mainland, its five hundred inhabitants live much as their ancestors did three hundred years ago. They are exquisitely attuned to the habits of blue crab, oyster, and waterfowl. And they know that on any given day their lives literally depend on which way the wind is blowing.Tom Horton spent three years living among Smith Island's watermen and their families and has emerged with this marvelously intimate portrait of a deeply traditional community and its vanishing way of life. Whether he is following the crab harvest or attending a service at the local church, eavesdropping on bawdy kitchen-table gossip or chronicling the islanders' disputes with seafood inspectors, Horton tells his stories with wonderful specificity even as he considers what they can teach us about living within nature and at a healthy distance from the rest of the world. |