10/15/2025
Loosely based on her own summers in Oxford, Cathy wanted to capture the waterman’s town of the 1970s since it is an era not thoroughly written about yet. In her view, the 1970s was the tipping point when the working watermen’s town began its transformation into a popular weekend retreat.
Of all the books to write, why write this one? For Cathy Schmidt, it was an easy choice. She writes to preserve what once was. “Simply put, I wrote this book because I love the Eastern Shore,” she …