{"product_id":"the-disappearing-islands-of-the-william-b-cronin-9780801874352","title":"The Disappearing Islands of the Chesapeake","description":"\u003cp\u003eScientists estimate that, until 1900, the water level of the Chesapeake Bay rose at the rate of three feet every thousand years. Alarmingly enough, the bay rose by one foot in the twentieth century alone, and for evidence of this dramatic change one need only observe the effects of rising water on the islands of the Chesapeake Bay, which slowly are slipping from sight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA retired oceanographer who first conducted research on the bay in the 1950s, William B. Cronin here supplies a survey of the changing fortunes of these forty-odd islands, from Garrett in the north to Gwynn and James islands to the south. Cronin's historical and scientific tour outlines their erosion, their loss of marshland, and the rich if changing human experience they have supported for generations. He draws on imagery that includes the work of celebrated local photographer A. Aubrey Bodine, colonial and state records, newspaper pieces, and his own personal and professional experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistoric nautical charts, compared to current data from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, leave no doubt of the crisis many of the islands face. On one, Holland, rising water in the late 1910s forced townspeople to move their houses by barge to the mainland. On another, Barren, a sizable hunting lodge housed guests as late as the 1970s but by 1985 had become a wreck beneath the water. An appendix documents the many small islands that have dropped entirely from view since the seventeenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Cronin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801874351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801874352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.36h x 8.76w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Massachusetts Book Award (MassBook) - Honor Book","brand":"William B. Cronin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48448952172799,"sku":"9780801874352","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9cac9ec2-b693-428c-b5c1-9b071d6318f4.jpg?v=1777261321","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-disappearing-islands-of-the-william-b-cronin-9780801874352","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}