Green Shingles: At the Edge of Chesapeake Bay
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.40 (817 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0571199615 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 195 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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"There is much here that will interest readers hereabouts, for the Chesapeake Bay is a place about which many of us dream and which a few of us are privileged enough to have made home Svenson sees his environmentalism through a clear eye, one that appreciates not merely natural wonders but human accomplishments." -- Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post"Peter Svenson's rigorously detailed recollections are so rich in fact and so powerfully constructed as to make high adventure of something as seemingly mundane as a shift on a Coast Guard buoy tender. Svenson has the eye of an artist obsessed with detail and the curiosity of a reporter enraptured by the who, what, when, where, why, and how of just about anything. Stranahan, Baltimore Sun. And it's all under one roof in Green Shingles." -- J. Tayl
Peter Svenson begins his elegant, idiosyncratic exploration of the Chesapeake Bay at the doorstep of his own home--a green shingled house perched high on Mitchell's Bluff, looking out across the Bay's busy shipping lanes toward the western shore. He gives us an insider's look at the arcane art of canoe sailing, the exigencies of landscape painting, and life aboard the sturdy tugboats that travel up and down the long bay. Svenson invites us to explore various aspects of the world outside his door, from the bayside community in which he lives to the Chesapeake's complex and fragile ecosystem. A thoughtful meditation on the intersection of the human and natural worlds, Green Shingles offers a unique look at America's largest estuary from one of the region's finest writers.
Peter Svenson 's first book, Battlefield: Farming a Civil War Battleground, a National Book Award finalist, is also available from Johns Hopkins.
An Outsider Discovers the Eastern Shore I liked this book. Because of its cover, first. Because of its writing, second. And because of its humor. Mr. Svenson takes himself seriously--as he should, being a Master of Fine Arts (MFA). But he lets his hair down when he describes what it took for him and his wife (at midlife) to buy their green-shingled house on a bluff overlooking the Bay. A lot of money, garnered from relatives. A lot of cleaning uptrash that pleasure boaters continued to throw toward his beach, and. Original, Articulate Tapestry of a Place In middle age, Peter Svenson and his wife, K, have moved to Maryland from the Virginia farm that was the setting of Svenson's acclaimed book, BATTLEFIELD. They decide to make a bold leap, in terms of economics and lifestyle, and buy a house on the windy Tolchester bluff on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. The title, GREEN SHINGLES, is derived from the house's distinctive roof. In graceful prose marked by a distinctive, articulate voice, Svenson by turns examines the. Worthy of the Bluff This is an excellent portrayal of life from the bluff of the eastern shore of the Chesapeake. Mr. Svenson's observations are a fascinating read for anyone who loves the bay and the Eastern Shore. The stories of the workmen who were to build his garage and his "2nd Place" in the art show are classics. Be aware Mr. Svenson does come off rather pompous in his reflections. Also, in spite of all the detail Svenson gets into, he still somehow mislabels local towns and there count