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  • Horton, Tom.
    ISLAND OUT OF TIME: A Memoir of Smith Island in the Chesapeake.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dj flap: "Smith Island is a marshy archipelago in mid-Chesapeake Bay, 9 miles from the mainland, home to 150 watermen and their families.. . Tom Horton lived for nearly three years on Smith Island, recording through observations and interviews the traditions of oystering, crab catching, churchgoing, hunting and poaching, and the social rituals of these fiercely independent men and women. His beautiful elegiac story is about community and isolation, harvest and exploitation, and the risks and charms of being different from the surrounding world." 316 pp. ISBN: 0-393039382.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 33628
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  • KING SEASON. by Wilkins, Kirby.
    Wilkins, Kirby.
    KING SEASON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Arbor House, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel (preceded by a collection of short stories), set in the dangerous world of crab fishing in Alaska. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-877957142.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (slight sunning to spine of dj)

    Book ID: 86057
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