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John R Gillis

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Posted on May 19, 2017May 26, 2017

In Memory of Rachel Carson

I belong to the first generation to think of itself as bicoastal. Born in New Jersey and now retired to California, I have spent a half century of summers on a small island off the coast of Maine.  The surge to the shores is a post-World War II phenomenon, involving the hollowing out of the American heartland,  now known as “flyover country.” Continue reading “In Memory of Rachel Carson”

Posted on April 25, 2017May 26, 2017

The Human Shore: Seacoasts in History

“a history of such authority and grace.”

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