Virginia-based journalist Earl Swift spent two years researching
Chesapeake Requiem and has circumnavigated the Chesapeake Bay by
sea kayak. He has written six previous books, among them Auto
Biography and The Big Roads. A long-time reporter at the
Virginian-Pilot, Swift has contributed major features to Outside
and numerous other magazines. He has been a residential fellow of
Virginia Humanities at the University of Virginia since 2012.
Tom Parks is an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator who has
also been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best
narration. He has been involved in recording audiobooks and
voice-overs for over thirty years and through an eclectic range of
projects. In addition to performing and directing, he is also an
active musician, drumming in musical theater productions in the
Midwest, and is in demand as a conference speaker.
A graceful melding of history, nature writing, and perceptive
cultural commentary...A well-rendered narrative about how one
specific island's fate stands as a warning for all coastal
regions.-- "Kirkus Reviews"
A moving account of a vanishing place, sure to satisfy anyone
concerned with climate change, environmental issues, and
anthropology.-- "Library Journal"
This is a powerful book. We need a replacement for the tired
'canaries in a coal mine, ' and sadly 'fishermen on Tangier Island'
will probably do. Fascinating people, clinging loyally to a
fascinating and lovely place, even as the waters rise-Earl Swift's
Chesapeake Requiem is a tale of our time, movingly told. Perhaps it
will inspire some of us living safe on higher ground to more action
on behalf of those at risk.-- "Bill McKibben, author of The End of
Nature"
Wonderful, poetic, stirring writing. This lovely book is an elegy
to a disappearing way of life and a rumination on the coming global
upheaval from climate-change-driven sealevel rise. The story of
Tangier Island, so beautifully described by Earl Swift, will soon
be repeated in a place near you.-- "Callum Roberts, marine
conservation biologist and author of The Ocean of Life: The Fate of
Man and the Sea"
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