![]() ![]() ![]() Historically, the little island has not been easy for outsiders, or “come-heres” in Tangier parlance, to acclimate to. Swift seems pleased as punch to be back among the Tangiermen and women whom he got to know so well. This is the author and journalist’s first time back on the island since departing in October 2017 at the end of his 15-month stay in research for his just-published fifth book, Chesapeake Requiem: a Year With the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island. Along the brief, two-minute ride, Swift waves at people walking home, who happily wave back. Ooker doesn’t, so Swift, the photographer accompanying us, and I pile into his cart, which he guns toward Tangier Harbor. ![]()
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