by Earl Swift
Fishy (osprey), 32
“floats,” 99–100
Flood, Delores, 245
Flood, John, 245–46, 276, 284–85
church split up, 245–46
Daley wedding, 88–89
death of Ed Charnock, 351–54, 364
funeral of Henrietta, 72
Hurricane Matthew and, 319–20
laying of hands on ailing woman, 57–58
robbery of church, 204–5, 284–85
Trump and election of 2016, 311, 321
flu pandemic of 1918, 298
food chain, 28–29, 30
Food Lion, 229
Fort McHenry, 63
Four Brothers, 51, 311
Fox Islands, 118, 121–22
Gehrig, Lou, 105
Giles, Ginna, 146, 154
“glacial isostatic adjustment,” 65
glacier melt, 19, 63–66
Gladstone, Charles, 298
Gladstone Health Center, 36–37, 297–98
Global Environmental Change, 220, 255
global warming (climate change), 16–17, 20–22, 254–59, 367, 370–72
God’s Island: The History of Tangier (Mariner), 277
Godwin, Mills E., Jr., 212
“going over,” 44
golf carts, 51–52, 142–43
gonopods, 81
Goose Harbor, 111–12
Goose Island, 67, 111, 126–27
Gordy, Bruce, 124
CNN interview, 365–67
crabbing licenses, 105–8
nicknames, 137
Situation Room discussions, 37, 39, 87, 105–8, 137, 141, 235, 268–69, 296
Trump and election of 2016, 235, 268
Gordy, Peggy, 124, 277
Gore, Al, 370–72
Gott, Maureen, 154
Grace, 333
gravestones, 3–4, 110, 125–26, 376
Gray, Jennifer, 365–67
Great Atlantic hurricane of 1944, 172–73
Great Beaufort Hurricane of 1879, 172–73
Great March Storm of 1962, 172
Great September Gust of 1821, 102–3, 172, 318
Greene’s Infallible Liniment, 2
greenheads. See deer flies
Haiti, 319–20
Hall, Rhonda, 232–33
Hamlin’s Wizard Oil, 2
Hampton Roads, 115
Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization, 115
hand nets, 269–70
Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX), 315, 328–29
hard potting, 179–83, 316–18
Harper’s Magazine, 227–28, 278–79
Harry Potter novels, 281
Harry S. Truman, 105, 365–66
Havre de Grace, 12
Haynie, Mark, 135–36, 139, 231–32, 236, 337, 357
Hearn Island, 112, 269, 270
Henrietta C., 186, 340, 341–48, 358–59
raising of, 357–58
sinking of, 345–48, 349–52
taking on water, 343–45
hepatopancreas, 147
Herring Island. See Hearn Island
Hog Ridge, 48–49, 211
Hoistin’ (Heistin’) Bridge, 48, 49, 83, 169, 174, 203, 273
Holland Island, 9–10, 18, 19, 115, 220, 255
homosexuality, 239–40
Honeymoon Island, 162–63
Hooper Strait Light, 187
Hot Ice (band), 33
Hudgins, Mark, 256–57
hurricanes, 172–77, 318–21. See also specific hurricanes
Hurricane Agnes, 173
Hurricane Connie, 173
Hurricane Donna, 173
Hurricane Ernesto, 174
Hurricane Floyd, 173
Hurricane Hazel, 173
Hurricane Isabel, 175, 302, 318
Hurricane Matthew, 319–21
Hurricane Sandy, 2–3, 174–75
ice, 168, 186–88, 190
ice sheets, 63–64
Indian adoptions, 151–53
ISIS, 372
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 241–43
James Island, 9
James Madison University, 90–91, 238
James River, 12
Jamestown colony, 53
Jander, Anne, 294
Jander, Henry, 294–95, 297, 363
Jerry Frank. See Pruitt, Jerry Frank
jetty project, 39, 217–19, 253, 259, 268, 270, 373
jimmies, 11, 28, 29, 80–81
JMS Seasonal Seafood Corporation, 135
John Roberts (cat), 98–99, 224
Johnson, Gary, 312–13
Jordan River, 75
Journal of Coastal Research, 254–55
Joyce Marie II, 160–61, 360
Joyner, Alexander B., 246
Judith Irene, 84
Julie Ann, 333–34
junk crabs, 251
Kaine, Tim, 267
Kato, Mikio, 298
Kaye, Neil, 301–9
Kaye, Susan, 301–9
Keillor, Garrison, 237
Key, Francis Scott, 63
Kimpel, Grace, 199, 200, 201, 203
King Street, 36, 50, 51, 282
Kiptopeke State Park, 252
Klinefelter (osprey), 31–32
Klinefelter, George Randolph
“Randy,” 298–99, 362
Laird, Nick, 372
Laird, Ricky, 372
last glacial period, 63–65
Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV series), 369
Laurentide ice sheet, 63–64
lawlessness, 200–203, 286
lemons, 11, 12, 33, 34
Leon McMann. See McMann, Leon
Lewis, Benjamin Franklin “Frank,” 188–89
Lewis, Harvey, 188–89
Liberty ships, 187, 210
Liberty University, 153
Lindy’s Seafood, 34, 148
litter, 299
Little Annemessex River, 114, 122, 166
Little Choptank River, 9
Little Fox Island, 121
Little Piney Island, 112
Long Bridge, 47
Long Bridge Road, 46
Long Tump, 293
Loni Carol, 184–85, 191
Lonnie. See Moore, Alonza J., III “Lonnie”
Lorraine’s Snack Bar, 51, 148–49, 154, 289, 314
McCready, Danny, 301
McCready, Isaiah, 178, 179–83, 186, 224
McCready, Jackie Haskins, 136, 138, 205
McCready, Marlene, 138–39, 205, 246, 353–54, 356–57
McCready, Paulie, 193
McDonnell, Robert F., 218–19
McMann, Betty Jane, 165, 166
McMann, Leon, 68, 151–52, 153, 158, 195, 213, 240
CNN interview, 365–67
corps proposal to save Tangier and, 268–70
crabbing, 32, 42, 86–87, 140, 250, 332, 341, 343, 364, 373
crabbing licenses, 105–8
crab prices, 132–33
death of Ed Charnock, 358
on greenheads, 96–97
nicknames, 137–38
oystering, 332, 335, 336
safety at sea, 343
Situation Room discussions, 37–39, 42, 96–97, 105–8, 116, 137–38, 141–43, 161, 192, 204, 217, 234, 268–70, 296, 312, 313, 314, 358, 364
storms, 161, 165, 166, 192
Trump and election of 2016, 234, 312, 313, 365–67
mailboat. See Courtney Thomas
Main Ridge, 35–36, 44–45
Main Ridge Road, 35–36, 40, 282
“Make America Great Again,” 234, 311, 322
Mama Say, 333–34
March 1984 nor’easter, 172
Mariah Taylor, 331, 333–34
Marian Sue, 176
Marlboro Reds, 229
Marshall, Ginny Thorne, 46, 176, 205, 269
Marshall, Lorraine, 51, 148–49, 154, 289, 314
Maryland, border dispute, 129–31, 394n
Maryland blue crabs. See blue crabs
Maryland tubs, 332
Mattawoman Creek, 162–63
Meat Soup, 36, 41, 51–53
Meers, Sydney, 149
Message in a Bottle (movie), 279
methamphetamine, 286
Methodism, 56–58, 61, 68–70, 195–203, 237–46
Mexico border wall, 367
Miami Beach, sea-level rise, 31
Milford Haven, 356
Miss Annette, 165
Mobjack Bay, 189
molting, 12, 26, 27, 28–29, 37, 81, 101, 249, 251
Moore, A. J. “Junior,” 184, 216
Moore, Alex, 185
Moore, Alonza J., III “Lonnie”
background of, 50, 184–85
at Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 184–85
crabbing, 178, 179–84, 185–86, 190–92, 250
disappearance of Donnie, 167
Hurricane Sandy and, 174–75
meeting and marriage to Carol, 50–51, 184
oystering, 326, 329–34, 338
sinking of Henrietta C., 341, 344, 345, 347–48, 349, 350–52
Trump and election of 2016, 234–35, 312–13
Moore, Carol Pruitt, 10, 244, 256, 351
background and childhood of, 1, 2, 50
children and family life, 184–85, 337
death of Henrietta, 45–46
graves and gravestones and, 3–4, 5, 6, 156, 218
Hurricane Sandy and, 174–75
meeting and marriage to Lonnie, 50–51, 184
progging, 53, 64, 126–27, 219–20, 375–78
sea-level rise and, 18, 19
on tourists, 52
traversing Tangier, 45–51
Moore, Edna Sears, 184
Moore, Loni Renee, 184–85, 337, 347–48, 353, 356–57
Moore, Tracy, 33, 74, 318–19, 321
Moore, Trenna, 74, 75
muskrats, 267
Naaman and Elisha, 75
Nanticoke River, 65
National Geographic, 90–91, 277–78
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 98
National Weather Service, 165
Native Americans, 53–54, 55, 64
Nature Climate Change, 255
Naval Air Station Patuxent River, 348
Navy, U.S., 210–11, 213
New Fulton Fish Market, 34, 132–33, 135
Newman, Paul, 279–80
New Orleans, sea-level rise, 31
Newsweek, 202
New Testament Church, 36, 58–59, 195–97, 200–203, 238, 244–46, 320–21
New York City
New Fulton Fish Market, 34, 132–33, 135
sea-level rise, 30–31
New York Times, 123, 131
New York Yankees, 105
Nichols, David B., 298, 308, 309
Nichols Health Center, 298
nicknames, 136–39
Nobel Peace Prize, 370
Noel C., 111–14, 115
Norfolk Beacon, 69
Norfolk District Water Resources Division, 263–64
Norfolk Naval Base, 115, 258
North Channel, 211–12, 216–18
northern puffers, 34, 135–36, 294
Northrop Grumman, 105
number ones, 11, 12, 29, 34
nutria, 266–67
Oak Hammock Rock, 104
Obama, Barack, 322
Old Bay, 26, 146
Old-Timer (osprey), 32
Onancock, 160–61
Onancock Creek, 180, 186, 192, 362–63
Onancock ferry, 13, 45, 233, 304–5
One More Set, 331
“Onward, Christian Soldiers” (song), 76
Ooker. See Eskridge, James Wyatt “Ooker”
osprey, 31–32, 363–64
“over the left,” 38
Oyster Creek, 68, 210
oystering, 327–39
history of, 103–4, 122–23, 129–31
laws and regulations, 45, 330
of Lonnie Moore, 326, 329–34, 338
of Ooker Eskridge, 335–36
recent decline, 315, 328–29
season, 296–97
“oyster navies,” 131
Palestinians, 241–43
Parks, Allen, 100, 357
Parks, Andy, 147, 346–47
Parks, Annie, 240, 277
Parks, Bill “Shoot,” 138–39
Parks, Charles, 227
Parks, Chuck, 321
Parks, Cindy, 43, 46, 136, 227, 232, 373
Parks, Connie, 126
Parks, Ed “Colonel,” 136, 286
Parks, Ed “Ernest Ed,” 107, 234, 268, 282–83, 296
Parks, Ed “Short Ed,” 135–36, 217, 250–51, 293, 314, 335–36
Parks, Edwin “Eddie Boy,” 240
Parks, Harry, 126
Parks, Harry Smith, 165
Parks, James, 264, 265, 266–67, 272
Parks, Jared, 74, 373
Parks, Job, 102
Parks, John “Junk John,” 217
Parks, John Lewis, 138
Parks, Kim “Socks,” 71, 137, 289
Parks, Mary Stuart, 145–51, 153–54
Parks, Matthew, 20
Parks, Michael, 348, 351–52
Parks, Milton, 269
Parks, Pat, 210
Parks, Polly J., 5, 125–26
Parks, Rhoda, 102, 126
Parks, Robbie, 245
Parks, Roland, 198–99
Parks, Stuart, 354
Parks, Wesley, 197–98
Parks Marina, 35, 269
Parson of the Islands, The (Wallace), 122
Peach Orchard, 113
peeler crabbers, 29–30, 99–101, 249
peelers, 12, 29–30, 34–35, 80–81, 99–101, 119, 364
Perkinsus marinus (Dermo), 315, 328–29
Persimmon Ridge, 67, 172
Peyton Place (TV series), 136–37
Piedmont, 22
P’int (East Point), 14, 171, 184–85, 210, 298–99
Pleistocene Epoch, 63–65
Pocomoke River, 65
Pocomoke Sound, 65
Polk, James K., 123–24
Ponderosa, 51, 217
Poplar Island, 259–61, 264, 265, 273, 274
population of Tangier, 18, 19–20, 46, 49, 52, 104, 131, 171–72, 176–77, 228, 238, 372
porcupine fish, 294
Port Isobel, 14, 118, 184–85, 298–99
Postal Service, U.S., 231
Potomac River, 12, 62, 95, 130
power line, 294–95, 297, 363
presidential election of 2016, 234–35, 267–68, 310, 311–13, 321–23
Princess Sky, 250–51
privies, 25, 123–24
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 20
“proggers,” 53
Pruitt, Asbury, 209–16, 286
Pruitt, Carlton “Chiney,” 138
Pruitt, Charles, 210
Pruitt, David Charles “Tweet,” 136
Pruitt, Eugenia, 265–67, 301
church breakup, 240–43, 244, 246
Pruitt, Eva I., 5
Pruitt, Eva Marie, 267
Pruitt, Fred, 241, 244, 354
Pruitt, George, II, 102–3, 126
Pruitt, George “Hoot,” 55, 136, 204, 235, 246, 285, 353, 356, 364
Pruitt, Grace, 285
Pruitt, Inez, 155, 267, 287, 298
Pruitt, Iris, 174, 269, 281
Pruitt, Jerry Frank, 68, 121, 126, 203, 210, 269, 280
boat building, 184, 186, 333, 342, 358–59
church robbery, 204
CNN interview, 365–67
crabbing licenses, 106–8
death of Ed Charnock, 358–59
erosion and sea-level rise, 210, 211, 260
nicknames, 137–38
sanitation issues, 124–25
Situation Room discussions, 91, 106–8, 124–25, 137–38, 142, 192, 260, 296–97, 312–13, 322–23
Trump and election of 2016, 312–13, 322–23
Pruitt, Leah Evans, 102, 126
Pruitt, Margaret A., 5
Pruitt, Margaretta, 195
Pruitt, Marshall, 281
Pruitt, Mary Annette, 90
Pruitt, Nina, 152–53, 155, 227, 232, 233, 287, 295, 305, 347
graduation ceremony, 73–77
Pruitt, Richard, 37, 72, 138, 195, 250, 268, 313, 357–58
Pruitt, S. E., 5
Pruitt, Stewart, 126
Pruitt, Tubman B., 164
Pruitt, William Ayers, 296
Pruitt-Parks, Anna, 155, 156, 264–65, 267, 280, 295, 307
puffers, 34, 135–36, 294
Pungoteague Creek, 56, 182–83, 186
Pungoteague Light, 186, 187
Queen’s Ridge, 112, 127
Rappahannock River, 12, 329
Reach Hammock, 112
Reagan, Ronald, 215
Rebecca Jean II, 32–33
red moss, 84–85, 88, 140, 186
Reedville, 13, 52, 230, 359
religious faith. See Christian faith
Resolution 13, 241
restaurants, 145–54
restrooms, 303
Richardson, Elva Curl Wilson, 199
Richardson, James C., 199–203
Rigell, Scott, 252, 407n
riprap, 212, 213, 216–17, 260, 273
Rishel, Oscar J., 297–98
Rockwell, Norman, 277
Rubentown, 67
Rural Electrification
Administration (REA), 295
Russels Isles, 53, 66–67
Ruth, George Herman “Babe,” 105
Sabbath, 197–98, 281
Sallman, Warner, 335–36
salt marsh die-off, 250–51
Sam Alito (cat), 98, 224
same-sex marriages, 239, 311
sand, 120–21
sand dunes, 21–22
sanitation, 25, 123–25, 215
San Marcos, 342, 343, 349
Saxis, 114–15
Schulte, Dave, 253–54, 255–59, 261, 264
Scientific Reports, 20–22, 31, 253, 264
scraping, 86–87, 293–94
seagrasses, 28–29, 30, 252–53, 256, 297, 364
seagulls, 98
seahorse, 83
sea-level rise, 6, 17, 18–22, 38–39, 63–66, 220, 254–59, 366, 369, 370–72
sea turtles, 98
seawall, 212, 213, 214–15, 217, 218, 258, 372, 377–78
separation of church and state, 306, 308
sewage treatment plant, 60, 118, 215, 216, 281, 286
Sewells Point, 258–59
sewer ditches, 123–25, 215
Shanks Creek, 113, 140
Sharon Kay III, 135–36, 139, 232, 236, 337–38, 357
Sharps Island, 9
Sharps Island Light, 187
shedding tanks, 14–15, 249
shirt factory, 203
Shores, Carlene, 195, 243–44, 319, 321, 339, 354, 364–65
Shores, James E. “Puck,” 164–65
Shores, Rudy, 164–65
slavery, 104
slop jars, 25, 201
Smith, Gail, 372
Smith, John, 53–54, 63, 66–67, 370