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Author
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Ltd
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States and at one time provided a major portion of the nation's seafood. Oysters, crabs, and clams were in abundance and the men of Maryland's Eastern Shore relied on the Chesapeake to make their livelihood. Now eleven of these Shoremen share their memories. The stories they tell will both enlighten and entertain. Some earned a great sum of money in a short amount of time, while others experienced...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
"In 2002, Susan Schmidt retraced John Smith's 1608 voyage on the Chesapeake Bay. In Landfall along the Chesapeake, a cruising guide for Chesapeake boaters and a field log for naturalists, Schmidt compares the beauty of ancestral legacy and childhood memory to her observations on a 100-day voyage in a 22-foot boat."
"As Schmidt circles the Bay counterclockwise from Jamestown, she explores Smith's encounters with Native Americans and the Bay's ecological...
Author
Publisher
New Bay Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Snapshots in time of endangered Chesapeake Bay icons--treasured oysters, crabs, skipjacks and carousels--along with earth journals and reflections for each month of the year. Timeless essays of a journalist's life and exploration of "Chesapeake County" including the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland's rivers. Accompanied by photographs
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