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Remembering Kent Island Stories From The Chesapeake
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Author : Brent Lewis
language : en
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Release Date : 2009-05
Remembering Kent Island Stories From The Chesapeake written by Brent Lewis and has been published by History Press Library Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05 with History categories.
Settled by William Claiborne and fought for by the Calverts, Kent Island is a land of charming beauty and unfailing hospitality. Local author Brent Lewis regales his readers with tales of industrious watermen, floating theatres, legendary pirates, bootleggers and ghostly haunts. Meet Islanders such as the feisty Margaret Brent, who petitioned for voting rights in 1648, and tenacious Senator James Kirwan, who saved the island from becoming a weapons testing ground. With a warm style, Lewis pays homage to a way of life that is fast slipping beneath the waters of the Chesapeake Bay.
Remembering Kent Island
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Author : Brent Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2009-05-13
Remembering Kent Island written by Brent Lewis and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-13 with Photography categories.
Settled by William Claiborne and fought for by the Calverts, Kent Island is a land of charming beauty and unfailing hospitality. Local author Brent Lewis regales his readers with tales of industrious watermen, floating theatres, legendary pirates, bootleggers and ghostly haunts. Meet Islanders such as the feisty Margaret Brent, who petitioned for voting rights in 1648, and tenacious Senator James Kirwan, who saved the island from becoming a weapons testing ground. With a warm style, Lewis pays homage to a way of life that is fast slipping beneath the waters of the Chesapeake Bay.
Kent Island Mysteries
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Author : Mark L. Lidinsky
language : en
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Release Date : 2015-08-11
Kent Island Mysteries written by Mark L. Lidinsky and has been published by Dog Ear Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-11 with Fiction categories.
Kent Island Mysteries – Callinectes Sapidus Steamed, Hon! is not just an insight into Chesapeake crabbing…nor just a tale of a clandestine society supposedly born on Kent Island…nor just the history and present day challenges of the dedicated watermen (and women) who hunt the elusive crustaceans…it about everything Beautiful Swimmer, Savory. Was there really a secret society of watermen who united in the 1880s to protect their rights and guard against intruders to their Kent Island, Maryland waters? Why was their code of anonymity so important? Will anyone now dare expose them and their hidden, unorthodox and definitely, mysterious ways? History and fiction always come alive when the right characters of Kent Island are involved – they are indeed in Callinectes Sapidus! A portion of each book will again be donated to The Kent Island Heritage Society.
Kent Island
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Author : Janet Freedman
language : en
Publisher: Maryland Historical Society
Release Date : 2002-01-01
Kent Island written by Janet Freedman and has been published by Maryland Historical Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with History categories.
A story of family, place, and time before the Chesapeake Bay Bridge paved over a way of life with a six-lane highway.
Lost Chester River Steamboats
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Author : Jack Shaum
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2015-10-19
Lost Chester River Steamboats written by Jack Shaum and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-19 with History categories.
In the golden age of the steamer, the rich bounty of the Eastern Shore was transported down the Chester River and across the Chesapeake Bay to the port of Baltimore. For over one hundred years, vessels like the Maryland, the Chester and the B.S. Ford traversed these winding waters laden with fruit, grains, crabs and oysters. For a dollar, passengers could enjoy the novelty of a ride and the slow panorama of the shoreline. Through freeze and fog, skilled captains plied the waterways until the last of the steamers--the Bay Belle--made its final passage in the 1950s. Author and historian Jack Shaum journeys back to the bygone days of the Chester River's steamboats.
Bloody Point 1976
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Author : Brent Lewis
language : en
Publisher: White Rubber Boot Publishing
Release Date : 2015-05-06
Bloody Point 1976 written by Brent Lewis and has been published by White Rubber Boot Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-06 with categories.
Fourth of July, 1976. Tooey Walter, a young Chesapeake Bay waterman on Maryland's rural Eastern Shore, is hired to retrieve big shot Harris Bradnox's rebellious daughter Dee from The Block, Baltimore city's grimy and notoriously dangerous red-light district. Thrown into a menacing world of vice and violence, with hometown goon Clacker Herbertson on his tail, Tooey collides into a lineup of mind-blowing strangers, including: Salt Wade, Dee's murderous "manager" and his mysterious case; Dr. Merriman, the fallen from grace, drug-addled "Block-doc," and Amy Ruari, the red-headed waitress with a carbonated personality who might know more than she lets on. A coming-of-age crime adventure mixed with an epic quest and garnished with a funky slice of Bicentennial Americana; told with fishhook-sharp dialogue and a boatload of twists, Bloody Point 1976 is a rowdy and racy tale of unforgettable characters born of voice, humor and truth, trying to navigate their survival in a changing time and place.
Purgatory Ridge
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Author : William Kent Krueger
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-03-16
Purgatory Ridge written by William Kent Krueger and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-16 with Fiction categories.
When mayhem descends on a tiny logging town, former sheriff Cork O’Connor is called upon to investigate a murder in this “wonderful page-turner” (The Denver Post) that “prolongs suspense to the very end” (Publishers Weekly) by Edgar Award-winning author William Kent Krueger. Not far from Aurora, Minnesota (population 3,752), lies an ancient expanse of great white pines, sacred to the Anishinaabe tribe. When an explosion kills the night watchman at wealthy industrialist Karl Lindstrom’s nearby lumber mill, it’s obvious where suspicion will fall. Former sheriff Cork O’Connor agrees to help investigate, but he has mixed feelings about the case. For one thing, he is part Anishinaabe. For another, his wife, a lawyer, represents the tribe. Meanwhile, near Lindstrom’s lakeside home, a reclusive shipwreck survivor and his sidekick are harboring their own resentment of the industrialist. And it soon becomes clear to Cork that danger, both at home and in Aurora, lurks around every corner…
Wye Island
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Author : Boyd Professor Gibbons
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-09-30
Wye Island written by Boyd Professor Gibbons and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-30 with Nature categories.
Today, most of the 2,800 tranquil acres that make up Wye Island are managed by the Maryland Park Service. However, from 1973 to 1974, the island was the site of a raging controversy. A major developer, James Rouse, wanted to build a compact waterfront village that would be surrounded by large estates, protected farms, and wetlands. A boyhood resident of nearby Easton, Maryland, Rouse hoped that the island could avoid the sprawl of unplanned subdivisions that were marring so many other places along the Eastern Shore. Combining history, journalism, character sketches, and sharp sociological insight, Boyd Gibbons presents the conflict over Wye Island in its multiple dimensions - as an example of the emerging community-based activism of the 1960s and 70s, and of a community that, while exercising its right to preserve its identity, denies opportunities for its members to improve their lives through change. In fact, Wye Island proves not to be the environmental David-Goliath struggle that might be expected. For one thing, residents opposed a development plan that can be regarded as an early model for 'smart growth.' And many were no more favorably disposed to a park or preserve than to a planned village. Their interest was in protecting the community from an invasion of immigrants from ethnically diverse Baltimore and Washington, and, where the wealthy were concerned, protecting some very private views of the water. In the end, rich landowners, poor 'natives,' and many recent newcomers opposed the Rouse project - distrusting change, and, above all, fearing 'outsiders.' The special reprint of Wye Island includes a new foreword by distinguished environmental historian Adam Rome, who explores the enduring themes of Wye Island in context of the current debates about land use, development, and sprawl.
Proving Ground At Kent Island Hearing Sept 15 1917
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1917
Proving Ground At Kent Island Hearing Sept 15 1917 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1917 with categories.
Notes From A Small Island
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Author : Bill Bryson
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-03-02
Notes From A Small Island written by Bill Bryson and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-02 with Travel categories.
In 1995, before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire to move back to the States for a few years with his family, Bill Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. His aim was to take stock of the nation's public face and private parts (as it were), and to analyse what precisely it was he loved so much about a country that had produced Marmite; a military hero whose dying wish was to be kissed by a fellow named Hardy; place names like Farleigh Wallop, Titsey and Shellow Bowells; people who said 'Mustn't grumble', and ‘Ooh lovely’ at the sight of a cup of tea and a plate of biscuits; and Gardeners' Question Time. Notes from a Small Island was a huge number-one bestseller when it was first published, and has become the nation's most loved book about Britain, going on to sell over two million copies.