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Voices of the Chincoteague : memories of Greenbackville and Franklin City

Title: Voices of the Chincoteague : memories of Greenbackville and Franklin City / Martha A. Burns and Linda S. Hartsock.
Author: Burns, Martha A.
Publication: Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., 2007.

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Additional Authors

Hartsock, Linda S.

Description

223 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"Beginning around the turn of the 20th century, people flocked to boom towns like Greenbackville and Franklin City on Virginia's remote Chincoteague Bay to cash in on the lucrative oyster trade. Most eventually settled for simple rural lives, living a cash and barter economy, commuting on foot or by boat, always closely tied to the tide and water. From mystery in the marsh to jealous lovers, these accounts of life on the Bay are filled with work boats, crab pots, and saltwater. As 'come 'eres'--newcomers--to the Eastern Shore, authors Martha A. Burns and Linda S. Hartsock bring a fresh perspective to life on the Bay. They present here the memories of a vanishing way of life in rural America, largely in the words of those who lived it and worked it. Much of the language, insights, and emotion of the last century are here for all to read, coupled with the authors' observations and interpretations of their neighbors and the bay they call home"--Page 4 of cover.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Anecdotes
Anecdotes.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN

9780738524986
0738524980

LCCN

2007922156

OCLC

ocn173516299
173516299
SCSB-9643868

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library