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Chincoteague and Assateague Islands
2000
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The thriving barrier islands of Chincoteague and Assateague entice over a million tourists to their shores every year. Adjacent to one another, these parcels of land jutting into the Atlantic have a symbiotic relationship—Chincoteague, a modern, developed community that thrives on tourism, helps attract visitors to neighboring Assateague, which in turn acts as a natural buffer against the surging tides and is home to Assateague Island National Seashore, a state park that provides protection for native flora and fauna and leisure activities for the nature lover. Overlapping the border between Maryland and Virginia, Assateague Island remains an undisturbed natural habitat boasting extensive wetlands and wildlife. Images of the native inhabitants of this area abound—the ponies, birds, and sea life take center stage, while the sandy dunes and rolling ocean provide a beautiful backdrop. The families who made the island of Chincoteague their home, from as early as 1650, were a tough breed and, over the years, made many contributions to the improvement of their community. Schools, churches, and businesses were established, bridges were built, roads were paved, and waterways made navigable—all of this visually documented and now available in this remarkable volume.
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Nan DeVincent-Hayes
Nan DeVincent-Hayes
Author · 4 books

Dr. Gianni DeVincenti Hayes has been writing & speaking professionally for 30 years. She earned her Ph.D Summa cum Laude in English, literature & world/comparative studies from the University of Maryland College Park (focus in humanities—writing, comparative literature, religion, history, politics, philosophy, art). Both masters were earned at Duquesne University with high honor in scientific research, educational administration & technology; her B.S. from VMC/Gannon University is in biology/chemistry where she was honored with Distinguished Alumni Award. She attended the University of Pittsburgh for two years in a doctoral program in instructional technology/communications where she earned The Letter of Highest Commendation. She was endowed to the University of Rochester's writing program for 5 summers & to Middlebury College's prestigious Bread Loaf Writing Program. She earned a Doctor of Ministry in 2013. She speaks internationally, especially for cruises, on globalism, politics, religion, and current events, and she is a recipient of many tributes, as well as a former college professor & department chair, and author of 24 novels & nonfiction books. She writes screenplays, was a print & online syndicated columnist for 22 newspapers nationally and internationally. She hosted a radio talk show on American Voice Station, which features noted authors, celebrities, politicians, culture and religion; it is heard worldwide on AM/FM stations nationwide and the internet, among other venues. Many of her guests are noted personalities, such as TV news correspondent Bernard Goldberg, Congressman Kucinich, Vince Bugliosi (Manson trials), Dr. & Ambassador Alan Keyes, Judge Napolitano, Phyllis Schlafly, Mel Gibson's father and chef, and many others. Dr. Hayes also speaks on politics and eschatology (religion, philosophy and history with Bible prophecy). She founded The Writers Bloc, Inc, on 1992, was distinguished at many authors' receptions, featured in Contemporary Authors Encyclopedia, nominated for the Governor's Award of Writing, and was honored at her undergraduate college for Women's History Month 2003 where she gave a campus presentation. She has been unanimously voted into her high school Hall of Fame Award for Distinguished Alumni. Gianni DeVincenti Hayes, Ph.D has been honored by her doctoral school alma mater by setting up an archive of her papers, in her name, in the University Libraries. The collection consists of her books, various manuscripts, instructional materials she created as a college department chair & associate professor, her business reports, speaking materials, and personal correspondences with other authors and people of note. She also co-hosted a television show on Public Access TV. She served on the Board of Directors for Pemberton Hall, and for her HOA, and is President Emeritus and Founder of the Writers Bloc, Inc.; she also served as Special Assistant to the Chancellor of the University of Maryland ES. Too, she is an equal partner in two corporations, and belongs to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, the Authors Guild and the National Writers Union. She writers under several pen names, has over 100 articles & short stories published in major newspapers & national magazines, including books published in print & in electronic form. Research, biographies, current events, and eschatological topics are subjects of experience. She has appeared nationwide in newspapers and magazines, and on dozens of national radio and television shows, including A & E Biography, and Pennsylvania Cable Network TV, comprised of 145 stations statewide & nine million viewers. When not speaking around the world, Dr. Hayes enjoys oil painting and listening to classical music, and reading. She is married with two daughters and four grandbabies.

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