Environmental factors are threatening a way of life. Sure, western Kansas isn’t disappearing into the ocean, but aquifer depletion is a problem that’s acting in the same manner. I chose to pick up this book because it was far too easy for me to see connections to Kansas. Swift offers a compelling portrait of Tangier’s citizens as they watch rising sea levels and erosion remove surface area from their island. Tangier is a community built off of the back of the Chesapeake Bay blue crab. Tangier Island, Virginia is located in the Chesapeake Bay. I usually read young adult fiction, but I decided to pick up the nonfiction book “Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island” by Earl Swift for my latest read.
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