Displaying 1 of 1 2018 Format: Book Author: Swift, Earl, 1958- Title: Chesapeake requiem : a year with the watermen of vanishing Tangier Island / Earl Swift. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Dey Street, [2018] ©2016 Description: 434 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: Presents a portrait of Chesapeake Bay's two-hundred-year-old Tangier Island crabbing community, describing their isolated and vanishing way of life while explaining how rising sea levels will render the island uninhabitable within twenty years. Subjects: Crabbing -- Virginia -- Tangier Island. Blue crab -- Virginia -- Tangier Island. Tangier Island (Va.) -- Social life and customs. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. LCCN: 2018024659 ISBN: 9780062661395 9780062661401 (trade paperback) System Availability: 21 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 21 Control Number: 742205 Call Number: 639.56 SWIF Course Reserves: 0 # Local items in: 21 # System items in: 21 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
