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This is the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, the drowned valley of the Susquehanna. Out on the water, the dim opal surface of an overcast morning, my uncle reels in his cages. Each one is bursting with blue crabs. Sputtering and cackling, they stumble over one another. They snap at the metal bars. They're looking for a break. The bayside docks are awake, and the smell of coffee billows out to sea from the little inlet cafes. The smell is warm and rich. There, too, is the downwind smell of phosphorus, a rank smell, drifting off the tidal wetlands: the marine dead zone of stagnant water thickly blanketed in algae bloom. This is the end of September. The trees have begun to drift, dropping their red and brown lashes along the roads. The maple in the front yard has turned over early, but my father thinks it's dead. Crumpled leaves tumble into the garage where my uncle prepares the steaming pot. \"If you were older,\" he says, \"you could pour the crabs.\" But in this memory I'm a child; my hands are not big enough and my arms are not long enough to hoist the cages over the top of the pot, the big gray speckled pot that I could hide inside of. Then the crabs tumble in, some linked together claw by claw. In the pot, the crabs are frantic, scratching the sides, and as the steam boils the moisture within their bodies, they make a high whistling sound, as if they were screaming.

\"One could almost use the word momentous, or the word epoch-making though epoch-ending might be more to the point ... I don't see how anyone henceforth can repeat the old cliches which Beard put into circulation forty years ago.\"—Frederick B. Tolles, Swarthmore College. \"American historians, particularly those who have given lectures or written books based on the Beard thesis, ignore Brown's book at their peril.\"—American Historical Review. Originally published in 1956. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

\"You've heard of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry, right? Washington and Jefferson were American Presidents, and Patrick Henry gave that 'Give me liberty or give me death' speech just before the American Revolution. But I’ll bet you've never heard of George Wythe.\" (Fun for Kidz) Learn about George Wythe.

The event, \"Civil War Re-enactors: History Outside the Book,\" is part of the Hampton History Museum's oral history program and will start with discussions of the re-enactors' experiences bringing the Civil War to life -- including what compels them to painstakingly research and prepare to portray historical figures and then spend days on end living in another time -- and then will open up for audience questions. \"The man's life, while fascinating, is equaled by the circumstances surrounding his death by poisoning. And all the more intriguing in that the only witness was a free black servant, Lydia Broadnax,\" [Seamus McGrann] said. As part of the museum's Port Hampton lecture series, Colonial Williamsburg actor Christopher Hull will portray [George Wythe] for a talk titled \"George Wythe: A Life of Law and Learning.\" The lecture is at 7 p.m. May 2.

George Wythe's \"father and grandfather were major landholders in Colonial Elizabeth City County. He was born in 1726 or 1727 and raised at the family estate of Chesterville, now on the grounds of NASA Langley. Wythe became a lawyer in 1748 and an elected burgess (Colonial legislator) in 1754. In the 1760s, he mentored the young Thomas Jefferson on law. Although a close friend of several English governors, he opposed the Stamp Act and attended the Second Continental Congress in 1775.

Can George Wythe beat Mickey Mouse? What does Space Mountain have that the Governor's Palace doesn't? Residents have a chance to put Disney in its place to become one magazine's top choice for family-friendly destinations. To cast a vote, visit bit.ly/asNyVU online and scroll down under \"Polls\" to \"Destinations,\" and then the \"Best Destination for a Family Vacation.\" One vote per person or network, so city officials want the word passed as far along as possible. \"We kept hearing from guests that they were looking for something to do between Christmas and New Year's,\" said John Reilly, general manager of Busch Gardens. \"We listened and are extending the schedule to accommodate that request.\"

Ben Butler, the Federal commander at Hampton's Fort Monroee early in the Civil War, declared that runaway slaves could be kept as \"contraband of war\" (and, presumably, then be freed). His decision led the Union on its way to emancipation. Allen Iverson starred on the basketball court and the football field for Bethel High School in Hampton before joining the NBA. He's played for the Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons and the Memphis Grizzlies. He returned to 76ers last year, but left the team indefinitely in February to tend to his sick daughter. Williamsburg: Home of the College of William and Mary and the capital of Virginia from 1699 to 1780, Williamsburg was restored beginning in 1926. Notable visitors to Williamsburg include many U.S. presidents and heads-of- state.

Born in 1726, George Wythe (pronounced \"with\") was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Congratulations to Annamarie Foyles, who was the first to guess last week's Eye Spy clue was the painted image of an octopus at the George Wythe neighborhood pool. Pictured above is this week's clue.