Title: Tangier Island
Description: "Tangier is a mere dot of land in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay situated just below the Maryland-Virginia line. This study is an account of the Islanders' beginnings in the late 1700s, a portrait of them as an isolated community under siege, and a description of the way they talk."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Dialects, English language, History, Languages, Social life and customs, United states, history, local, United states, description and travel
Places: Tangier Island, Tangier Island (Va.), Virginia