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Maryland's Eastern Shore: A Journey in Time and Place (Hardcover, 1st ed)
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Maryland's Eastern Shore: A Journey in Time and Place (Hardcover, 1st ed)
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List price R721
Loot Price R568
Discovery Miles 5 680
You Save R153 (21%)
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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 convey the special character of the region-before accelerating
change affects its transformation-John Wennersten has used these
themes as a framework for an absorbing narrative. His insights into
how these elements affected the development of the area and its
current character take the story of the Eastern Shore beyond mere
facts and into the realm of socio-cultural history. This is a
fascinating overview of an unusual-and perhaps vanishing-lifestyle.
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