Mapped by John Smith in 1608, settled during the American Revolution, the tiny sliver of mud is home to 470 hardy people who live an isolated and challenging existence, with one foot in the 21st century and another in times long passed. Tangier Island, Virginia, is a community unique on the American landscape. A brilliant, soulful, and timely portrait of a two-hundred-year-old crabbing community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay as it faces extinction from rising sea levels-part natural history of an extraordinary ecosystem, starring the beloved blue crab part paean to a vanishing way of life and part meditation on man’s relationship with the environment-from the acclaimed author, who reported this story for more than two years.
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