Volume 21 of the Island Institute's annual publication.
Stories include:
"Hanging on" by Steve Cartwright
In the midst of a coastal real estate boom, only ingenuity will preserve fishermen's access to the shore.
"Heirs of Miss Alice" by Cherie Galyean
In island libraries, personalities are as critical as the books.
"The Destination of Species" by David Conover
The SORCERER II global microbial sampling expedition is the first major scientific ocean cruise of the Genomic Age.
"The Tropical Lobster Coast" by Colin Woodard
Belizean lobsterman are, in many ways, following in Maine's footsteps.
"Like Nowhere Else We've Been" by Philip Conkling
Europeans first visited the Georges Islands four centuries ago. What they saw then is different now- but some things haven't changed.
