Clara Whitfield
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Amelia Island’s Eight Flags: A Borderland History on Florida’s Atlantic Coast
Why did Amelia Island fly eight flags? A deep dive into the harbor, raids, treaties, and privateers that made it a borderland.
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Easter Island and the Story Behind the Moai
A deep dive into the Moai of Rapa Nui: how they were carved, moved, raised on ahu, and reshaped by the island’s history.
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Block Island by the Sea: Bluffs, Shipwrecks, and the Geology of a Wind-Beaten Coast
A deep dive into Block Island’s Mohegan Bluffs: glacial geology, coastal erosion, the moved Southeast Light, and wrecks offshore.
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Assateague Island’s Wild Horses, Storms, and Barrier-Island Ecology
A deep dive into Assateague Island’s feral horses, storm-driven dunes, and the barrier-island ecology that keeps the coast in motion.
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Rhode Island and the Making of America’s Smallest State by the Sea
A deep dive into how Rhode Island took shape around Narragansett Bay, dissenting settlements, Native homelands, and an old island name.
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How Dauphin Island Became Alabama’s Barrier Between Bay and Gulf
A deep dive into Dauphin Island’s role as Alabama’s barrier island: shifting sand, erosion, storms, sediment, and rising water.
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St Simons Island and the Layers of Georgia’s Coastal History
A deep dive into St. Simons Island history, from shell rings and Spanish missions to Fort Frederica and Gullah Geechee communities.
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Marshall Islands and the Nuclear History of the Pacific
A deep dive into nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, from Bikini and Enewetak to Castle Bravo, fallout, displacement, and memory.
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Catalina Island Beyond Tourism: The Island’s Geology, Wildlife, and Maritime Past
A deep dive into Santa Catalina Island as ancient seafloor, endemic habitat, and Indigenous maritime world shaped by isolation.
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Long Island and the Geology of a Glacial Coast
A deep dive into Long Island geology: moraines, outwash plains, kettle lakes, barrier islands, and the aquifers beneath them.