Created as navigational tools, lighthouses delight and enthrall thousands or admirers. Of equal interest are the tales of the men of the United States Lifesaving Service, the forerunner of thoday's Coast Guard. More than 200 images included!

A Varied collection spanning four centureies, which began as separate articles in "Chronicles," Kirk Mariner's column of local history in the Eastern Shore News. Filled with stories of shore natives and visitors - presidents, clergy, pirates, even spies!

Chincoteague was the focal point for fowl hunting on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia for 2 centuries. Hunters and guides bought hunting gear on the island, including beautiful, life-like decoys This book captures some of the local carvers.

The history of Wallops Island has been one of transitin. As the centuries passed, the wilderness of the island was radically altered by the influx of colonists, then vacationers, and, eventually, some of the brightest scientific minds of the country.

Virginia has more shipwrecks that any other state in the continental US. With 112 miles of Atlantic coast, 3,315 miles of tidal coastland and natural enemies such as water, wind, fire and human fallibility, countless ships and lives have been lost.

Share the experience of surviving on Chincoteague and Assateague from the people who have lived them.

The islands played a colorful and vibrant role in the history of the Eastern Shore. Wildreness Regained tells the story of the many ways human lives touched the islands, and how the islands became protected as one of America's unique costal preserves.

Every generation creates a new version of what the world around us will look like, as illustrated in this picture book of sites and landscapes that no longer exist on Virginia's Eastern Shore.