A fictional portrait of the colorful and memorable inhabitants of Oysterback, a mythical town on Maryland's Eastern Shore, offers such tales as 'Girl's Night Out,' 'The Prince of Tilghman
Island,' 'Fried Chicken and the Religious Right,' 'Huddie Ponders the Ultimate Question,' 'The Wisdom of Miss Nettie's Fritters,' 'Hudson Swann Eludes the Law,' and 'Snake Wingate Proposes, God
Disposes.' Reprint.