THE BOOKSHELF

1) THE BLACK AMERICANS OF GWYNN'S ISLAND, 1600'S TO 1900
by John W. Dixon

2) GWYNN'S ISLAND by David Ryan (New Edition)

3) THE BAY by Gilbert Klingel

4) GWYNN'S ISLAND TIMES by Elsa Cooke Verbyla

5) GWYNN'S ISLAND, A BRIEF HISTORY by John Dixon

6) THE MATHEWS MEN by William Geroux

7) ISLAND HISTORY AND PROGRESS by Elsa Cooke Verbyla

8) CHIMES FROM THE CHESAPEAKE by May Evergreen (Published in the 1850s)

9) THOMAS MANGRUM SOLDIER AND CITIZEN by Gwynn's Island Museum Staff

10) THE GHOST SHIPS OF ARCHANGEL by William Geroux

11) BEAUTIFUL SWIMMERS, WATERMEN, CRABS AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY by William W. Warner (Pulitzer Prize Winning)

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12) WHY AFRICAN AMERICANS LEFT GWYNN'S ISLAND BETWEEN 1916 AND 1920 by Allison Thomas