Swamp Songs: Journeys Through Marsh, Meadow and Other Wetlands

''Bracingly original'' Kathryn Hughes, Guardian

''A mixture of travelogue, local history and reportage, Swamp Songs brims with evocative word sketches'' Times Literary Supplement

From Romney Marsh to the Danube Delta, from Cyprus to the bayous of Louisiana and on to the Bay of Bengal, Tom Blass crosses swamps, marshes and wetlands to meet the people who have made these in-between worlds their homes.

Here are true stories and myths of smugglers and runaway slaves, of fishermen, shepherds and sa...