Remembering Kent Island
Subtitle: stories from the Chesapeake
By: Brent Lewis.
Publisher: History Press; The History Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781596296626
Subjects: Kent Island (Md.) -- History -- Anecdotes; Kent Island (Md.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes
Genres: Anecdotes
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The Chesapeake Bay's Kent Island; title: First things first; title: Fall to winter; title: Spring to summer; title: Natives and newcomers; title: pt. 2. America's third colony; title: The fray on the bay; title: Claiborne's claim; title: Enter the Calverts; title: Conflict and resolution; title: pt. 3. Ends of the Earth; title: From Love Point to Bloody Point and Kent Narrows to Bayshore; title: Broad Creek and beyond; title: A tour; title: More tour; title: Chester and Stevensville; title: Kent Island through 1900; title: The good old days : 1900-1952; title: pt. 4. Islanders; title: The people of Kent Island; title: Farmers; title: Watermen; title: Civic and business leaders; title: Island faith; title: A History of hospitality; title: pt. 5. Contact; title: Boats, trains, the bridge and beyond; title: A short history of to and from; title: After the bridge; title: Legends and folklore; title: Haunts, will-o-the-wisps, and Chessie.