Growing Up on Kent Island
| Author | : Nick Hoxter |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 118 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Kent Island (Md.) |
| ISBN | : |
Growing Up On Kent Island
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Remembering Kent Island
| Author | : Brent Lewis |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 123 |
| Release | : 2009-05-13 |
| Genre | : Photography |
| ISBN | : 1614233020 |
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
| Author | : Mark L. Lidinsky |
| Publisher | : Dog Ear Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 112 |
| Release | : 2012-06 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 1457511665 |
Kent Island Mysteries - Captain Boyle's Treasure is not just about majestic Kent Island, Maryland and its rich heritage...nor just the War of 1812...nor just a present-day search of buried treasure from the famous Privateer and Captain of the original "Pride of Baltimore," Thomas Boyle. It's about all of them. Did Privateer Boyle, as one of the "Nest of Pirates" from Baltimore, make a clandestine stop on historic Kent Island at the War's end? Did he bury something of real importance? Who exactly is searching for this possible treasure and why? On the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, history and fiction can come alive in 2012 if the right characters of Kent Island are involved. They are indeed. A portion of each book will be donated to The Kent Island Heritage Society. Mark Lidinsky is a native Marylander who grew up in Baltimore and now resides full-time on Kent Island in the Chesapeake Bay. A former English and Irish Literature Professor, Mark combines his love of history (he is a member of the Kent Island Heritage Society and Edgar Allan Poe Society) with his literary background, to weave historical fiction. Kent Island Mysteries - Captain Boyle's Treasure is the first in a series of novels based on Kent Island's rich heritage and current mystical charm. Next in the series: The historical Chesapeake Bay "Oyster Wars" come alive in: Kent Island Mysteries- The Headless Oysterman.
Remembering Kent Island
| Author | : Brent Lewis |
| Publisher | : American Chronicles |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781596296626 |
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.
Chesapeake Oysters
| Author | : Katherine J. Livie |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 204 |
| Release | : 2015-10-26 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1625853920 |
This cultural and ecological history explores the rise of Chesapeake’s mighty mollusk from Colonial-era harvesting to contemporary cultivation. Oysters are an essential part of Chesapeake Bay culture and cuisine, as well as the ecological and historical lifeblood of the region. When colonists first sailed these abundant shores, they described massive shoals of foot-long oysters. In later years, however, the bottomless appetite of the Gilded Age and great fleets of skipjacks took their toll. Disease, environmental pressures, and overconsumption decimated the population by the end of the twentieth century. To combat the problem, Virginia began leasing its waters to private oyster farmers. Today, these boutique oyster farms are sustainably meeting the culinary demand of a new generation of connoisseurs. But in Maryland, passionate debate continues among scientists and oystermen whether aquaculture or wild harvesting is the better path. With careful research and interviews with experts, author Kate Livie presents this dynamic story and a glimpse of what the future may hold.
Wye Island
| Author | : Boyd Gibbons |
| Publisher | : Resources for the Future |
| Total Pages | : 252 |
| Release | : 1987 |
| Genre | : Community development |
| ISBN | : 9780915707348 |
Love Letters To The Shore
| Author | : Troy Lowman |
| Publisher | : Fulton Books, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2024-03-25 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1639855130 |
The Eastern Shore of Maryland is a state of mind more than a place. Love Letters not only describes its physical beauty, rich history, and unique nature but also emphasizes its greatest asset--the people who live there.
Chesapeake Light Tackle
| Author | : Shawn Kimbro |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 345 |
| Release | : 2012-01-01 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780615562506 |
Light tackle tips and techniques for fishing the Chesapeake Bay including full color photographs, fishing reports, and conservation methods for landing big fish on light tackle
N by E
| Author | : Rockwell Kent |
| Publisher | : Wesleyan University Press |
| Total Pages | : 305 |
| Release | : 1996-07-26 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0819572071 |
A classic tale of seafaring, shipwreck, and survival, reprinted from Wesleyan University Press's 1978 facsimile of the original. When artist, illustrator, writer, and adventurer Rockwell Kent first published N by E in a limited edition in 1930, his account of a voyage on a 33-foot cutter from New York Harbor to the rugged shores of Greenland quickly became a collectors' item. Little wonder, for readers are immediately drawn to Kent's vivid descriptions of the experience; we share "the feeling of wind and wet and cold, of lifting seas and steep descents, of rolling over as the wind gusts hit," and the sound "of wind in the shrouds, of hard spray flung on a drum-tight canvas, of rushing water at the scuppers, of the gale shearing a tormented sea." When the ship sinks in a storm-swept fjord within 50 miles of its destination, the story turns to the stranding and subsequent rescue of the three-man crew, salvage of the vessel, and life among native Greenlanders. Magnificently illustrated by Kent's wood-block prints and narrated in his poetic and highly entertaining style, this tale of the perils of killer nor'easters, treacherous icebergs, and impenetrable fog—and the joys of sperm whales breaching or dawn unmasking a longed-for landfall—is a rare treat for old salts and landlubbers alike.
Morningstar: Growing Up With Books
| Author | : Ann Hood |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 82 |
| Release | : 2017-08-01 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 0393254828 |
“[An] enchanting journey through Ann Hood’s early fascination with reading.… Book lovers will find Morningstar irresistible.”—Lynn Sharon Schwartz, author of Ruined by Reading Growing up in a mill town in Rhode Island, in a household that didn’t foster a love of reading, novelist Ann Hood discovered nonetheless the transformative power of literature. She learned to channel her imagination, ambitions, and curiosity by devouring ever-growing stacks of books. In Morningstar, Hood recollects with warmth and honesty how The Bell Jar, Marjorie Morningstar, The Harrad Experiment, and The Outsiders influenced her teen psyche and introduced her to topics that could not be discussed at home: desire, fear, sexuality, and madness. Later, Johnny Got His Gun and Grapes of Wrath dramatically influenced her political thinking while the Vietnam War and Kent State shootings became headline news, and classics such as Dr. Zhivago and Les Misérables stoked her ambitions to travel the world. With characteristic insight and charm, Hood showcases the ways in which books gave her life and can transform—even save—our own lives.
