A Moveable Shore: The Fate of the Connecticut Coast

by Peter Patton, James Kent, Peter C. Patton, et al.

Book Overview

The Connecticut shoreline is made up of varying landscapes--the sandy coastline at Madison, the rocky shore at Branford, the replenished beach at Greenwich, and the erosion at Old Saybrook. A Moveable Shore offers a general user's guide to the Connecticut shore. In a town-by-town journey down the 254-mile coastline, Peter C. Patton and James M. Kent explore in detail the history of specific sites, the climatic and geological forces that shape the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822311283
• ISBN13: 9780822311287
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.3" x 8.3"