The Disappearing Islands Of The Chesapeake

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The Disappearing Islands Of The Chesapeake

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Author : William B. Cronin
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2005-06-17

The Disappearing Islands Of The Chesapeake written by William B. Cronin and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-17 with History categories.

An appendix documents the many small islands that have dropped entirely from view since the seventeenth century.

Vanishing Islands

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Author : Frances Kolarek
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-01-01

Vanishing Islands written by Frances Kolarek and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with History categories.

This lighthearted account of the imperiled Bay islands focuses on the sociology of these isolated islands in the second half of the twentieth century. It captures the beauty and spirit of the islands and people. K4901HB - $22.00

Vanishing Lands

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995

Vanishing Lands written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Beach erosion categories.

A secondary school teacher's guide focusing on "sea level rise and coastal erosion in the Chesapeake Bay." The lesson plans have also been used in elementary school and college classrooms.

Smith Island Chesapeake Bay

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Author : Frances W. Dize
language : en
Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers
Release Date : 1990

Smith Island Chesapeake Bay written by Frances W. Dize and has been published by Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.

Smith Island, Chesapeake Bay is the account of an uncommon place and the uncommon people who choose to live in its isolated environment. It is the history of the islanders' struggle to survive the ravages of nature and the depredations of enemy forces as well as a study of island tradition and the possibilities for the future of the islanders' unique culture.

Island Life

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Author : Jay Fleming
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-10-15

Island Life written by Jay Fleming and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-15 with categories.

Photographer Jay Fleming turned his attention to Smith and Tangier Islands - the Chesapeake Bay's last inhabited 'water-locked' islands. Fleming has made countless trips to the islands to document the unique way of life and environment that have been shaped by isolation and the waters of the Chesapeake. This collection of photographs will fill the pages of Fleming's second book, Island Life. This body work comes at an important time for the islands, as their populations continue to decline and the unrelenting forces of the bay threaten the working working waterfronts that have sustained the communities for centuries. Fleming hopes that his photography will immerse readers in the Island Life and capture a crucial moment in time for the Chesapeake's most unique communities.

Beautiful Swimmers

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Author : William W. Warner
language : en
Publisher: Little Brown
Release Date : 1976

Beautiful Swimmers written by William W. Warner and has been published by Little Brown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Nature categories.

Combines a natural history of the Atlantic blue crab with an historical and ecological study of Chesapeake Bay and a chronicle of the commercial crabber's year

Chesapeake Requiem

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Author : Earl Swift
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2018-08-07

Chesapeake Requiem written by Earl Swift and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-07 with Travel categories.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A brilliant, soulful, and timely portrait of a two-hundred-year-old crabbing community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay as it faces extinction. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Washington Post,NPR, Outside,Smithsonian,Bloomberg, Science Friday, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Review of Books, and Kirkus "BEAUTIFUL, HAUNTING AND TRUE." — Hampton Sides • “GORGEOUS. A TRULY REMARKABLE BOOK.” — Beth Macy • "GRIPPING. FANTASTIC." — Outside • "CAPTIVATING." — Washington Post • "POWERFUL." — Bill McKibben • "VIVID. HARROWING AND MOVING." — Science • "A MASTERFUL NARRATIVE." — Christian Science Monitor • "THE BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR." — Stephen L. Carter/Bloomberg 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 twelve-mile boat trip across often tempestuous water—the same water that for generations has made Tangier’s fleet of small fishing boats a chief source for the rightly prized Chesapeake Bay blue crab, and has lent the island its claim to fame as the softshell crab capital of the world. Yet for all of its long history, and despite its tenacity, Tangier is disappearing. The very water that has long sustained it is erasing the island day by day, wave by wave. It has lost two-thirds of its land since 1850, and still its shoreline retreats by fifteen feet a year—meaning this storied place will likely succumb first among U.S. towns to the effects of climate change. Experts reckon that, barring heroic intervention by the federal government, islanders could be forced to abandon their home within twenty-five years. Meanwhile, the graves of their forebears are being sprung open by encroaching tides, and the conservative and deeply religious Tangiermen ponder the end times. Chesapeake Requiem is an intimate look at the island’s past, present and tenuous future, by an acclaimed journalist who spent much of the past two years living among Tangier’s people, crabbing and oystering with its watermen, and observing its long traditions and odd ways. What emerges is the poignant tale of a world that has, quite nearly, gone by—and a leading-edge report on the coming fate of countless coastal communities.

The Lost Colony And Hatteras Island

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Author : Scott Dawson
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2020-06-15

The Lost Colony And Hatteras Island written by Scott Dawson and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-15 with History categories.

New archeological discoveries may finally solve the greatest mystery of Colonial America in this history of Roanoke and Hatteras Islands. Established on what is now North Carolina’s Roanoke Island, the Roanoke Colony was intended to be England’s first permanent settlement in North America. But in 1590, the entire population disappeared without a trace. The only clue to their fate was the word “Croatoan” carved into a tree. For centuries, the legend of the Lost Colony has captivated imaginations. Now, archaeologists from the University of Bristol, working with the Croatoan Archaeological Society, have uncovered tantalizing clues to the fate of the colony. In The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island, Hatteras native and amateur archaeologist Scott Dawson compiles what scholars know about the Lost Colony along with what scholars have found beneath the soil of Hatteras.

Coastal Ecosystems In Transition

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Author : Thomas C. Malone
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2020-12-17

Coastal Ecosystems In Transition written by Thomas C. Malone and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-17 with Science categories.

Explores how two coastal ecosystems are responding to the pressures of human expansion The Northern Adriatic Sea, a continental shelf ecosystem in the Northeast Mediterranean Sea, and the Chesapeake Bay, a major estuary of the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States, are semi-enclosed, river-dominated ecosystems with urbanized watersheds that support extensive industrial agriculture. Coastal Ecosystems in Transition: A Comparative Analysis of the Northern Adriatic and Chesapeake Bay presents an update of a study published two decades ago. Revisiting these two ecosystems provides an opportunity to assess changing anthropogenic pressures in the context of global climate change. The new insights can be used to inform ecosystem-based approaches to sustainable development of coastal environments. Volume highlights include: Effects of nutrient enrichment and climate-driven changes on critical coastal habitats Patterns of stratification and circulation Food web dynamics from phytoplankton to fish Nutrient cycling, water quality, and harmful algal events Causes and consequences of interannual variability The American Geophysical Union promotes discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. Its publications disseminate scientific knowledge and provide resources for researchers, students, and professionals. Read a review of this book in Marine Ecology review of this book

Wolfe Island

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Author : Lucy Treloar
language : en
Publisher: Picador Australia
Release Date : 2019-08-27

Wolfe Island written by Lucy Treloar and has been published by Picador Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-27 with Fiction categories.

WINNER OF THE BARBARA JEFFERIS AWARD 2020 'Atmospheric...evocative...important.' Tom Keneally Kitty Hawke, the last inhabitant of a dying island sinking into the wind-lashed Chesapeake Bay, has resigned herself to annihilation... Until one night her granddaughter blows ashore in the midst of a storm, desperate, begging for sanctuary. For years, Kitty has kept herself to herself - with only the company of her wolfdog, Girl - unconcerned by the world outside, or perhaps avoiding its worst excesses. But blood cannot be turned away in times like these. And when trouble comes following her granddaughter, no one is more surprised than Kitty to find she will fight to save her as fiercely as her name suggests... A richly imagined and mythic parable of home and kin that cements Lucy Treloar's place as one of our most acclaimed novelists. SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION 2020 SHORTLISTED FOR NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION 2020 SHORTLISTED FOR ABIA LITERARY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE VOSS LITERARY AWARD 2020 PRAISE FOR LUCY TRELOAR 'A capacious talent' The Australian 'Deeply moving' The Age 'This lovely, atmospheric book sings of the inherent human drama, rising fragility of home-country and the recurrent need to flee and to protect. The journey told in this book is so evocative it will stay with the reader as an important literary fable of our period of history, in which a fraught world threatens all of us with flight, exile and bewilderment.' Tom Keneally, bestselling author of Schindler's Ark 'A work that is more than powerful: it's transformative.' Australian Book Review 'Disturbing but beautiful' Susan Wyndham