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Delmarva Storytellin’! A Den of Pirates on Delaware Bay From the BooksHome Page FeatureMiscellanyWay Back Machine

Delmarva Storytellin’! A Den of Pirates on Delaware Bay

This is a free excerpt from the book You Wouldn't Believe! 44 Strange and Wondrous Delmarva Tales. It's one on several stories in a chapter built around the theme, "Refuge of Scoundrels: Reedy Island." In addition to pirates, there are tales in that chapter about bad-guy British war ships, infectious diseases, and ... well ... scads of pesky crows--all of whom set up camp on…
November 25, 2024
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ROAD TRIPS 2 EXCERPT: ‘A Remarkably Ugly Fish’ From the BooksWay Back Machine

ROAD TRIPS 2 EXCERPT: ‘A Remarkably Ugly Fish’

This is an excerpt from Eastern Shore Road Trips #2: 26 MORE One-Day Adventures on Delmarva: That phrase, "a remarkably ugly fish" was perhaps the kindest phrase the environmental historian Nancy Langston employed during a 2019 talk she gave about the sturgeon. The phrases “sort of like zombies” and “basically dinosaurs” came into play as well. Langston wasn’t kidding about that last one. You’ve heard of…
May 15, 2019