The Camino : A Journey of the Spirit

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Known as the Camino, the Santiago de Compostela Camino is a famous pilgrimage that has been undertaken by people for centuries across northern Spain. It is said that this 500-mile path lies directly under the Milky Way and that it reflects the energy of the star systems above it. Facing her sixth decade of life on earth, writer and actor Shirley MacLaine decided to go on this trek. She wasn't sure why, she only knew that the Camino had been traveled for thousands of years by "saints, sinners, generals, misfits, kings and queens. It is done by the intent to find one's deepest spiritual meaning and resolutions regarding conflicts in Self."

Typical of MacLaine, this is a personal story with enormous adventure, a smattering of flashbacks, and a hefty serving of cosmic revelations. Like a true pilgrim, MacLaine travels solo, willing to strip herself down to the backpacking essentials and find deeper meaning in all the bizarre, frightening, and coincidental events she encounters along the way. It is no small feat that this sixtysomething woman walked the grueling path in 30 days. Readers can expect vivid stories of stalking paparazzi, icy showers, bouts of hunger, lost paths, a worshipping young man, a deranged woman screaming in a roadside shelter, saintly truck drivers, a fellow pilgrim in a wheelchair, bouts of constipation and diarrhea, and a cosmic crescendo that will knock the socks of MacLaine's fans. --Gail Hudson

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It has been nearly three decades since Shirley MacLaine commenced her brave and public commitment to chronicling her personal quest for spiritual understanding. In testament to the endurance and vitality of her message, each of her eight legendary bestsellers -- from Don't Fall Off the Mountain to My Lucky Stars -- continues today to attract, dazzle, and transform countless new readers. Now Shirley is back -- with her most breathtakingly powerful and unique book yet.

This is the story of a journey. It is the eagerly anticipated and altogether startling culmination of Shirley MacLaine's extraordinary -- and ultimately rewarding -- road through life. The riveting odyssey began with a pair of anonymous handwritten letters imploring Shirley to make a difficult pilgrimage along the Santiago de Compostela Camino in Spain. Throughout history, countless illustrious pilgrims from all over Europe have taken up the trail. It is an ancient -- and allegedly enchanted -- pilgrimage. People from St. Francis of Assisi and Charlemagne to Ferdinand and Isabella to Dante and Chaucer have taken the journey, which comprises a nearly 500-mile trek across highways, mountains and valleys, cities and towns, and fields. Now it would be Shirley's turn.

For Shirley, the Camino was both an intense spiritual and physical challenge. A woman in her sixth decade completing such a grueling trip on foot in thirty days at twenty miles per day was nothing short of remarkable. But even more astounding was the route she took spiritually: back thousands of years, through past lives to the very origin of the universe. Immensely gifted with intelligence, curiosity, warmth, and a profound openness to people and places outside her own experience, Shirley MacLaine is truly an American treasure. And once again, she brings her inimitable qualities of mind and heart to her writing. Balancing and negotiating the revelations inspired by the mysterious energy of the Camino, she endured her exhausting journey to Compostela until it gradually gave way to a far more universal voyage: that of the soul. Through a range of astonishing and liberating visions and revelations, Shirley saw into the meaning of the cosmos, including the secrets of the ancient civilizations of Atlantis and Lemuria, insights into human genesis, the essence of gender and sexuality, and the true path to higher love.

With rich insight, humility, and her trademark grace, Shirley MacLaine gently leads us on a sacred adventure toward an inexpressibly transcendent climax. The Camino promises readers the journey of a thousand lifetimes.

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The bestselling author of "Dance While You Can" and "Out on a Limb" now presents a deeply moving account of her spiritual and physical trek across Spain's legendary Santiago de Compostela Camino, the alleged resting place of St. James the Apostle.

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The Camino.......2007-07-25

I love this book. Shirley Maclaine is an excellent writer. I have never read a book as quickly as I read this one and I am going to read it again. This is a phenomenal book and I highly recommend it.

Super Audio Cassette.......2007-02-21

I've checked out this audio book so much from the Library that I might as well have just bought it. Not only is the journey Maclaine takes exciting, but she gives important information regarding Twin Souls and Soul Mates as well as the origin of it all. Fascinating and I always hear something new when I play it.

Mind Journey.......2007-01-11

This is another of those books where someone attempts to share their spiritual experiences with those who have never had a spiritual experience. I admire Shirley and her desire to aid others on their spiritual paths, but to attempt to get across what one experiences in their mind through a physical endurance process has long been the norm in all religions. Fasting, hours upon hours of meditation, physical/emotional denial are not the only way to prepare the mind for spiritual advancement.
I would only recommend this book for reading by those whose spiritual level has been raised through their own efforts and would enjoy knowing there are "fellow travelers" out there.

A Great Atlantean Memory.......2006-12-12

A great book! In it, Shirley MacLaine describes her memories of Atlantis during the time when she was androgynous--had both sexes in one body. The extra-terrestrials who visited Atlantis helped her to separate into an individual male and female.

I wanted to call Shirley MacLaine up and tell her about my own memories of Atlantis, when I had been an extra-terrestrial from Arcturus who got caught here on earth. I wrote about my experiences in When We Were Gods.

Her story entranced me: her description of her experiences on El Camino, the path through the Pyrenees in the North of Spain starting at the Mediterranean and ending at the Atlantic Ocean, possibly where Atlantis once was located. Tradition has it that traveling this footpath can bring one in touch with their deepest spiritual roots and also help a person to resolve deep personal conflicts. She freely shares with us her own discoveries about herself and about humanity's beginnings on earth.

In addition, her descriptions of the way-stations along the route, the people she met along the way, and her own challenges because of her celebrity where she isn't even allowed the privacy to hide behind a rock to go to the bathroom are very entertaining.

Carole Chapman is the author of "When We Were Gods, which is the revised updated version of "The Golden Ones: From Atlantis to a New World," and "Blessed: A Quest for Atlantis in Egypt Leads to Apparitions of the Virgin Mary."

The Power of Past-Life Pilgrimage.......2006-08-02

In the Nineties, Shirley MacLaine traveled to Spain to walk the pilgrimage trail that ends at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Along the way she experienced foot blisters, wild dogs, autograph hounds, paparazzi, and spiritual visions. These visions gave Ms. MacLaine glimpses of a past life as a Moorish girl during the time of Charlemagne. They also re-introduced her to an old friend and spiritual mentor, John the Scot, who took this opportunity to share some esoteric teachings.

The Camino is a striking and compelling story that demonstrates the spiritual power both of pilgrimage and of familiar, past-life locations. Much of the transforming energies of her arduous journey comes through these pages. The book left me feeling inspired and wanting to trek across northern Spain.

No Siempre Sera Asi: El Camino de la Transformacion Personal / Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen (El Viaje Interior / Inner Journey)

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No Siempre Sera Asi: El Camino de la Transformacion Personal / Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen (El Viaje Interior / Inner Journey)
Shunryu Suzuki
Manufacturer: Ediciones Oniro
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The Camino - A Journey Of The Spirit
Shirley Maclaine
Manufacturer: Pocket Books
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The Camino: A Journey of the Spirit
Shirley MacLaine
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Dissapointed.......2006-06-29

Instead of a factual tale of walking the camino and getting ready for it AND how to get there it is a book of spirits, chakras and other nonsense. If you are going to attempt the Camino this is not the book for you.

Un viaje magico por el camino de Santiago / A Magical Journey along the Way of Santiago: De oca a oca por el camino de las estrellas / From Bird to Bird Along the Way of the Stars

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Un viaje magico por el camino de Santiago / A Magical Journey along the Way of Santiago: De oca a oca por el camino de las estrellas / From Bird to Bird Along the Way of the Stars
Mariano Fernandez Urresti
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El largo camino lleva a la alegria/A long journey leads to happiness: La practica de la meditacion andando/Practicing meditation while moving

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El largo camino lleva a la alegria/A long journey leads to happiness: La practica de la meditacion andando/Practicing meditation while moving
Thich Nhat Hanh
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The Camino, a Journey of the Spirit, Author's Walking Pilgrimage Along the Santiago De Compostela Camino in Spain (600 Mile journey)

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The Camino, a Journey of the Spirit, Author's Walking Pilgrimage Along the Santiago De Compostela Camino in Spain (600 Mile journey)
Shirley MacLaine
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The Camino: a journey of The Spirit
Shirley Maclaine
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One of the bloodiest days in American military history, the Battle of Antietam turned the tide of the Civil War in favor of the North and delivered the first major defeat to Robert E. Lee's army. In The Gleam of Bayonets, James V. Murfin gives a compelling account of the events and personalities involved in this momentous battle. The gentleness and patience of Lincoln, the vacillations of McClellan, and the grandeur of Lee—all unfold before the reader. The battle itself is presented with precision and scope as Murfin blends together atmosphere and fact, emotions and tactics, into a dramatic and coherent whole.

The Gleam of Bayonets: The Battle of Antietam and Robert E. Lee's Maryland Campaign

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Good Read About Bloodiest Day in US Military History
Great overview of Antietam and the inept McClellan

The Gleam of Bayonets: The Battle of Antietam and Robert E. Lee's Maryland Campaign
James V. Murfin
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Antietam: The Soldiers' Battle

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Strongly Recommended!.......2003-12-18

The author stated in the preface he spent nine years researching this battle and previous events. And it shows, he goes into a LOT of detail about the battle, its causes, its principal characters and the national confusion that preceeded (and followed) it.

I strongly recommend this book to keen Civil War fans (as well as history fans). It covers very meticulously what is possibly the most decisive battle of the whole war. A battle mostly fought because the confederate side dropped battleplans. Historians have speculated for years what would have happened if not for that!

I can't add much to this review that plenty of other reviewers haven't already covered. Suffice to say you will read about courage, disasters, eye-witness accounts of the fighting and army maneuveors, tactical overviews of the battle right down to names, official correspondance between generals and presidents (and foreign ambassadors), and the private memoirs and thoughts of the principal characters. Like me you will probably bury your head in your hand and groan on numerous occasions when you read of McClellan's...well, I can't think of how to phrase "stupidity" nicely.

The battle itsself is described so well and so vividly I was unable to put the book down. It felt like actually watching it!

Also - if you enjoy the history of this book, I recommend "How Few Remain" by Harry Turtledove, which is the first "prediction" novel in an 8-volume series about our world if those battleplans *hadn't* been dropped (available from Amazon).

Good Read About Bloodiest Day in US Military History.......2002-02-27

The Gleam of Bayonets by James V. Murfin is a worthwhile read concerning the bloodiest day that the American military has ever experienced. It is not the best book I have read concerning Antietam. For that I would recommend Landscape Turned Red : The Battle of Antietam by Stephen W. Sears.

Murfin's basic premise is that Antietam was the turning point in not only the Civil War, but in American history. The Union "victory" allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation and turn the war from one concerning economics and unionism to that of one to end slavery. By changing the nature of the conflict, intervention by the French and British was averted. Murfin's conclusion seems to based more on his assumptions than analysis.

Where the book shines is in the comparison of the generalship of McClellan and Lee. Murfin goes a fine job discussing the strengths and weaknesses of both. For McClellan, who history has justifiedly ridiculed his handling of the entire Maryland Campaign, Murfin rightfully gives him credit for reorganizing the Army after the debacle of the Second Battle of Bull Run. Murfin is also correct is in his conclusion that Antietam was the best chance, prior to Appomattox, that the Union had to end the War and that McClellan needlessly lost that opportunity. On the day after the battle McClellan had up to 25,000 fresh troops, combined with at least the same number of other troops which could have been used to crush half as many battle fatigued Confederates. The cautious McClellan chose not to fight, and Murfin may be correct, that the Union was then condemned to two more years of bloody conflict.

Murfin is deservedly more complimentary to Lee. Antietam may have been Lee's greatest tactical achievement. Outnumbered two to one, he was able to properly predict McClellan's moves and fight a battle that he should not have fought to a tactical stalemate. Any historical reviewer should have marveled at the ability of the Confederate Army to have survived the battle, without being routed, much less avert a Union victory. However, Murfin properly criticizes Lee's initial decision to invade Maryland and Lee's expectation that any tangible results could be achieved. The one point that Murfin misses is that the decision to stand and fight at Antietam needlessly sacrificed thousands of Confederate troops that Lee despritedly needed at future battles.

All in all, this is a good read. The book is well written and Murfin does a fine job of interspersing quotes from the participants with his narrative. As a result, one gets a good feel of the soldiers thoughts and feelings on that bloody field.

Great overview of Antietam and the inept McClellan.......1997-04-20

What started as an assignment for a newspaper's 100th anniversary edition of the battle of Antietam, The Gleam of Bayonetd is the result of six years of intensive research and consultation with regarded historians. Murfin, an editorialist for the Hagerstown, Maryland "Herald Mail" newspaper and a member of the Hagerstown Civil War Roundtagle, explains in the book's preface his opinionated style of writing. For Murfin, what started as a mere examination of the battle, eventually became an analysis of the controversial Union General George B. McClellan. Throughout the book, Murfin examines and analyzes McClellan's excessive strategic caution, his failure to initiate an offensive, and how his indecisiveness shpaed Lee's decisions. Murfin portrays McClellan as a cautious general, reacting to Lee's movements as if Lee would, in some way, make a tactical error. This tactical error if committed would somehow afford McClellan the opportunity to launch a successful military offensive. On the other hand he describes Lee as the more cunning general, who knew McClellan's weaknesses and exploited them with his reactions. Comparing the generalships of McClellan and Lee to that of a game, Murfin writes, "It was a game of chess with McClellan moving only on piece at a time as if the same rules applied to war. Lee proved to be the master chessman, however." Convinced of the significance of McClellan's and Lincoln's relationship, Murfin dedicates and entire chapter to this relationship entitled "McClellan-Lincoln's Dilemma." In this chapter he examines McClellan's selection as General in Chief, his lack of initiative during the Peninsula Campaign, and his relationship with the political power in Washington. Intriguing as well are the two chapters examining both armies' physical contion to fight, and the Union Army's delay in pursuing the Confederate invaders. Murfin provides a detailed and descriptive analysis of Lee's Maryland Campaign strategy, and his seven reasons for taking the war to the North. Likewise, he looks at McClellan's blundered attempt to pursue the Confederate Army, while having in his possession "The Lost Order," and outline of Lee's entire campaign plans. In the chapter "The Flower of Lee's Army," Murfin writes of Confederate General Hood's arrest for insubordination, the conflict between Generals A P Hill and Stonewall Jackson, and of Hill's eventual relief from command. Murfin describes in detailed written accounts the Confederate's shoeless feet, their ill health, lack of uniforms, lameness, and diarrhea. Murfin writes, "Its seems almost symbolic that the "big three" of the Confederacy -Lee, Longstreet, and Jackson-rode into Maryland in a fashion that would soon be used by hundreds of Confederates when they left; by means of ambulance." The Gleam of Bayonets is a well written and scholarly account of the events leading up to Antietam and the battle itself. The equal treatment of both armies, and the almost blow by blow manner in which Murfin describes the events, absorbs the reader. His accurate portrayal of General George B. McClellan provides a greater understanding of the Union's failure and McClellan's eventual relief from command by President Lincoln on 5 November 1862. Scholars and history buffs alike will enjoy and benefit from the historical facts, documents, and human focus of this book. Winner of the Fletcher Pratt Award, the Gleam of Bayonets 402 pages is worthy of further examination by all persons interested in this significant battle or the generalship of George B. McClellan. JAMES W. GROVE, JR. AMERICAN MILITARY UNIVERSITY

THE GLEAM OF BAYONETS : The Battle Antietam and Robert E. Lee's Maryland Campaign, Sept. 1862

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THE GLEAM OF BAYONETS : The Battle Antietam and Robert E. Lee's Maryland Campaign, Sept. 1862

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James V Murfin
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THE GLEAM OF BAYONETS: THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM AND ROBERT E. LEE'S MARYLAND CAMPAIGN SEPTEMBER 1862. Introduction by James I. Robertson, Jr. New foreword by Scott Hartwig.

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THE GLEAM OF BAYONETS: THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM AND ROBERT E. LEE'S MARYLAND CAMPAIGN SEPTEMBER 1862. Introduction by James I. Robertson, Jr. New foreword by Scott Hartwig.
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Violence. Drugs. Pregnancy. Suicide. Are our nation's teenagers out of control? Mike Males provides a different picture--how politicians, private interests, and the media unfairly scapegoat adolescents for America's problems. Among the myths he explodes:

Myth: Drugs, guns, gangsta rap, TV violence and "innate" youth savagery are causing crime and mayhem.

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Let's Blame the Kids.......2007-06-20

Mike Males' book is a sobering analysis showing how teenagers are blamed for our society's ills as though they live in a vacuum, unaffected by the behavior of adults around them. Males makes the point, in hundreds of footnoted references, that we, as a nation, spend less on services and support for our young people than we do on any other group. He also reveals in his exhaustive research that it is youth poverty--not gansta rap, drugs, TV violence and "innate" youth savagery--that explains violent youth crimes.

In the first chapter, "The Scapegoat Generation" gives an overview of how teens are set up to take the blame for teen pregnancy, violence, smoking, drug abuse, alcohol abuse and suicide. In each of these areas he compares the teen and adult statistics, finding that in most cases, teen incidence of these behaviors parallels that of adults; teens don't do anything more than their parents and other adults around them do. In subsequent chapters, he visits each of these issues in depth and and shows, in example after example, how our politicians, private interests and popular media make these behaviors seem out of control among our adolescents.

For example, Males found that the problem of teen pregnancy is not the result of teenagers having sex with each other. Rather, it is the result of adult men past their high school years have sex with teenage girls. This, Males says, is a complex issue that we refuse to address. And, even though this dynamic is well understood and acknowledged among so-called experts, it is ignored by the media in favor of the easier target: teen mothers on welfare. "Facing adult-teen sex means dismantling the Great Wall between 'adolescent' and 'adult' that advocates of all stripes have erected to keep the argument from intruding on taboo topics of grown-up values, grown-up maturity, grown-up behavior and grown-up sex."

In the area of drug abuse, by focusing media and government attention on the relatively harmless effects of teen marijuana use, the bigger issues of racism, poverty and the adult use of hard drugs can be sidestepped. Males found that "A black teenager is only one-fifth as likely to die from drugs, but is ten times more likely to be arrested for drugs than a white adult."

Males raises the question, "Do we love our children?" when he ends the book with this suggestion: "What is needed is not a revolution of fiscal policy or remedial plan, but one of fundamental attitude. Nothing good will happen until elder America gazes down from our hillside and condominium perch and identifies the young--darker in shade as a rule, feisty, lustful as we were, violent as we raised them to be, no different from us in any major respect--as our children. All of them."

If you think America loves her children, this book will open your eyes to the many many ways our actions as a wealthy, powerful society belie that thought.

What Kids Really Want to Ask: Using Movies to Start Meaningful Conversations

Excellent book........2003-08-12

A little wordy, but very detailed.

My copy of this book, like Mike Males other book "Framing Youth", is very worn out. They are like encyclopedias when it comes to youth issues in this country.

Well worth the read.

A must for those working with adolescents........2002-02-05

Mike Males' books, The Scapegoat Generation, and Framing Youth, rank among the must-reads for any public health professional, community worker, or politician dealing with adolescents. Mike will help you see through all the myths and all the [stuff] that's out there regarding adolescents, much of it coming from what one would think are "unimpeachable" sources. If you're a health professional like me, wondering why all the "tried and true" strategies to reduce adolescent pregnancy, violence, drug use and smoking in your community are just not working, you need to read this book.

Is everything you know about teenagers wrong?.......2001-03-10

First, a nod to the two bad reviews: Males is, in fact, an incorrigible numbers wonk. Although I don't think his stats are dishonest, I do think he uses them, perhaps selectively, to support his important thesis, which I read as follows: Adults perceive teenagers negatively and this is due to the familiar sociological phenomenon of "scapegoating." WE screw up and look for someone to pin it on. I think Males is largely convincing in demonstrating that most of the familiar litany of "what's wrong with these kids today" is either (1) false (2) no worse or not as bad as the equivalent "problem" in adults or (3) caused by adult oppression of teenagers. It's a challenging and important book. Even if you buy only some of what Males argues, it may well change your view of teenagers forever.

Should Be Required Reading for Every American.......2000-08-21

Vincent Bugliosi has noted that if are an expert in any given field, you will notice that nothing the mainstream media reports about that field is accurate. Mike Males is an expert on youth, and he demonstrates convincingly that the media depiction of young people in America is flat out wrong.

Read this book, buy ten copies, give it to everyone you know-- especially to anyone who makes a casual crack about some youth problem (teen pregnancy, teen drinking.) They're wrong about it, and they're wrong about a lot of other things, too. This book will show them just how wrong they are.

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Although the archipelago known as Smith Island sits in Chesapeake Bay, just off Maryland's eastern shore, it is in some ways a place lost in time and space. Lacking a police force, a high school, or a hospital, it still carries the flavor of another era. People earn a tough living from crabbing, which means 18-hour work days for six months of the year, and they still speak a heavily accented language that some scholars believe dates back to Elizabethan times. In 1987, Tom Horton, an environmental writer for the Baltimore Sun, moved with his family to this 300-year-old community. This thoughtful, well-written book is his record of the two years they spent there.

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Delightful!.......2005-09-13

I received this book as a gift, never having heard of the author or Smith Island. After reading the book, I feel very lucky to have discovered a new favorite author. Tom Horton's book is a gem! He's a talented writer and Smith Island is a rare and beautiful subject. As an Iranian, I found his descriptions so enchanting that I plan to visit Smith Island someday soon.
This book is appropriate for all ages and especially for those who appreciate the environment and a simplicity to life that is fast disappearing.

Excellent Portrait of Chesapeake Bay Life.......1999-09-03

Notice that all the reviewers here live near the Chesapeake Bay. This bay will interest and speak to all those that have an interest in a society and environment almost gone. A super read, intimate in detail and beautiful in imagery.

An extraordinary writer on an extraordinary place.......1999-08-11

Tom Horton's great gift as a writer is his ability to conjure up the natural world in words. His memoir of his family's time on Smith Island is his best work yet. Note I said yet. A book by Tom Horton is always a cause for rejoicing. His environmental writing is up there with Aldo Leopold and Barry Lopez.

An extraordinary writer on an extraordinary place.......1999-08-11

A rare, insider's view of a unique way of life........1999-01-26

An avid reader of publications like National Geographic, I found this book to be a very enjoyable and accurate depiction of an area that receives too little attention. The only thing that could improve this story would be full color photographs illustrating the brilliant sunsets, changes in water color, the wildlife and the characters that are detailed throughout. This book sparked such an interest in the area that my family currently is searching for a new home on the Crisfield side of the Bay. We appreciated the pace of life and the simplicity that have caused the locals to resist change and embrace their past. Many thanks to the author for clueing us in.

AN ISLAND OUT OF TIME: A MEMOIR OF SMITH ISLAND IN THE CHESAPEAKE

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AN ISLAND OUT OF TIME: A MEMOIR OF SMITH ISLAND IN THE CHESAPEAKE
Tom Horton
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