Wye Island

By Boyd Gibbons

Book Overview

Today, most of the 2,800 tranquil acres that make up Wye Island are managed by the Maryland Park Service. However, from 1973 to 1974, the island was the site of a raging controversy. A major... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801819369
• ISBN13: 9780801819360
• Release Date: March 1977
• Publisher: Earthscan LLC
• Length: 248 Pages

Customer Reviews

A first-rate, beautifully written book

Like Wye Island itself, this book is a real treasure. The story is fascinating and important--involving developers (both progressive and traditional), the varied layers of community residents, and the rich ecology of the Maryland Eastern Shore. But perhaps most striking is the way in which Boyd Gibbons tells this story. His prose is unusually strong and effective. He has a great gift for the apt description, the telling image, as well as for narrative flow. This is a book to read and to keep.