Table of Contents
Preface 5
1 Assateague: 1524
Masters of the Wind 9
A Mixture of Wind, Water and Sand 12
Our Embarrassment Was a Serious One 14
Pirates and Ponies of Assateague 18
2 Lewes: 1888
These Sands Are Alive 22
Lewes Is a Peculiar Place 27
Safe from All Winds 29
Ice Storm: 1888 33
3 Gape Henlopen: Uprooted Trees and Beached Ships
Moving Sands of Cape Henlopen 46
The Vagabond Hurricane: 1903 51
Rehoboth Learns a Lesson 53
4 Ocean City: 1933
To Take the Salt Air 61
Assateague: Paradise for Sportsmen 66
An Inlet Was Born 72
5 Nature Takes Its Toll
Great Atlantic Hurricane: 1944 78
Blustery Ladies 86
6 Ash Wednesday Nor'easter: 1962
Realization of a Dream 90
Assateague: All of the Comforts of Ocean City 96
A Few Chunks of Concrete Slab 102
Floating Light Poles, Boats and Debris 108
Rehoboth: Belies the Imagination 110
7 The New Reality
Rebuilding 119
Storms after 1962 124
Moving the Ocean 125
Three Little Pigs 130
Bibliography 133
Index 139
About the Author 144