Deal An Island on Chesapeake Bay's Eastern Shore

any pine-covered islands rise above the vast marshlands of Chesapeake Bays Eastern Shore. This is the story of one of them and its people who struggle to make a living from the surrounding waters. Tommy Elliotts father owns a shucking house fifty miles up the Nanticoke River and buys oysters from the Tilghman Seafood Company, who has a near monopoly on the middle bays seafood industry that made fortunes for many in the early 1940s. Events cause Tommys father to have a buy-boat built, the Sarah Ann, in partnership with Captain Ira West, a lifelong employee of the Tilghman Company. With it they buy oysters from independendent waterman to the companys increasing displeasure. Tommy works for Captain West on the Sarah Ann during his vacations from high school and becomes involved in life on the island and the dispute between the company and the independent watermen. Greed and evil fill a winter night of violent storms on the bay when strong men lose their lives and others survive through the heroic deeds of a determined few.Robinson, Tom is the author of 'Deal An Island on Chesapeake Bay's Eastern Shore' with ISBN 9780595210718 and ISBN 0595210716.