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Maryland's Eastern Shore: A Journey in Time and Place
John R. Wennersten
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 299 pages, 21 b/w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; WN; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
“A hundred years ain’t such a very long time on the Eastern Shore,” local farmers and watermen used to say, and that is a telling refrain. Past and present mix easily on the Shore, and, in this respect, as well as in certain local customs and habits of language, the region is very much still an old-fashioned English society. Until fairly recently, the peninsula was one of the most geographically isolated regions on the Atlantic coast. In this isolated society, the most important factors have been agriculture, seafaring, and race—a blend of soil, sea, and soul. In his attempt to ... Read more
“A hundred years ain’t such a very long time on the Eastern Shore,” local farmers and watermen used to say, and that is a telling refrain. Past and present mix easily on the Shore, and, in this respect, as well as in certain local customs and habits of language, the region is very much still an old-fashioned English society. Until fairly recently, the peninsula was one of the most geographically isolated regions on the Atlantic coast. In this isolated society, the most important factors have been agriculture, seafaring, and race—a blend of soil, sea, and soul. In his attempt to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Tidewater Pub
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780870334283
SKU
V9780870334283
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About John R. Wennersten
John R. Wennersten is Emeritus Professor of environmental history at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. He is the author of Chesapeake Bay: An Environmental Biography and Anacostia the Death and Birth of an American River.
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