Hand carved Spadefish, 10" x 8"

Sunny and Jess are real-life Chincoteague Ponies. They live at Grayce Wynds Farm near Holden Beach, North Carolina, but were born wild on Assateague Island in 2014. This is the story of their journey from Assateague to school in Maryland. Photos included

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.

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.

This book examines the Eastern Shore of Virginia during the last age of slavery. Based primarily on the local records of its two rural counties it unearths glimpses into that day that will rattle the stereotypes and preconceptions of many in this day.