Download or read book Poplar Island written by Peter K. Bailey and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True story of a young boy growing up on an island in the Chesapeake Bay and going to school by boat. Book includes an interesting history of this unique island, the first settlement in Talbot County, and also the home to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's exclusive "Jefferson Islands Club" in the 1930's. Also included is the story of the island's incredible reconstruction, started in 1998, after the island had all but washed away.