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The Oysterback Tales (Hardcover)

by Ms. Helen Chappell (Author) "On the Widgeon Marsh Causeway from Wallopsville, you will come to the town of Oysterback, which lies on high ground in the middle of Great..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 128 pages
  • Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press; illustrated edition edition (1 April 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0801848156
  • ISBN-13: 978-0801848155
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.4 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,592,217 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Helen Chappell has conjured Oysterback and its denizens for five years on the Op-Ed page of the Sun. Now she's collected her dispatches in the delightful Oysterback Tales. You ought to visit... Singly, any of the Oysterback Tales is a good, if brief read. But it's the way they build in the book, sketch upon sketch, into a full-fledged community that is the genius of what Chappell does." -- Tom Horton, Baltimore Sun



"Helen Chappell -- native of Dorchester County, resident of Bellevue, in Talbot County, author of more than 20 or more romance novels -- has written 40 short tales that satirize the mores and manners of some of her Eastern Shore brothers and sisters... Chappell's stories get high marks all around... Her three dozen line drawings in Oysterback Tales are perfect illustrations." -- John Goodspeed, Baltimore City Paper



"A mix of eclectic characters and delightful backwater tales, Helen Chappell's Oysterback Tales will keep readers laughing until the end." -- Carolyn Devilbiss, Potomac Review

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"Helen Chappell's tales of Maryland backwaters are like the oyster fritters fried up on a stormy night in Miss Nettie Leery's kitchen: light, delicate, salty -- and just perfect." -- Van Williamson, Producer, "RFD -- Radio Free Delmarva"

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Helen Chappell's great genius is in her characters and her sense of magical realism.
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