Description

The theme of "leaving home" is a
familiar one in Island history.
Very few Island families have been un-
touched by the great out-migrations of
the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries. Whether bound for Boston,
the Maine lumberwoods, the harvest ex-
cursions to the Canadian prairies, or
more distant places, Islanders left home
by the thousands. The impact of leaving
on both the migrants and those left at
home provides one of the most powerful
and poignant elements in Island social
history.