Island Life
Island Life

Author: Jay Fleming

Publisher:

Published: 2021-10-15

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780997746815

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Photographer Jay Fleming turned his attention to Smith and Tangier Islands - the Chesapeake Bay's last inhabited 'water-locked' islands. Fleming has made countless trips to the islands to document the unique way of life and environment that have been shaped by isolation and the waters of the Chesapeake. This collection of photographs will fill the pages of Fleming's second book, Island Life. This body work comes at an important time for the islands, as their populations continue to decline and the unrelenting forces of the bay threaten the working working waterfronts that have sustained the communities for centuries. Fleming hopes that his photography will immerse readers in the Island Life and capture a crucial moment in time for the Chesapeake's most unique communities.

Chesapeake
Chesapeake

Author: James A. Michener

Publisher: Dial Press

Published: 2013-12-17

Total Pages: 1026

ISBN-13: 0812986288

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In this classic novel, James A. Michener brings his grand epic tradition to bear on the four-hundred-year saga of America’s Eastern Shore, from its Native American roots to the modern age. In the early 1600s, young Edmund Steed is desperate to escape religious persecution in England. After joining Captain John Smith on a harrowing journey across the Atlantic, Steed makes a life for himself in the New World, establishing a remarkable dynasty that parallels the emergence of America. Through the extraordinary tale of one man’s dream, Michener tells intertwining stories of family and national heritage, introducing us along the way to Quakers, pirates, planters, slaves, abolitionists, and notorious politicians, all making their way through American history in the common pursuit of freedom. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii. Praise for Chesapeake “Another of James Michener’s great mines of narrative, character and lore.”—The Wall Street Journal “[A] marvelous panorama of history seen in the lives of symbolic people of the ages . . . An emotionally and intellectually appealing book.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution “Michener’s most ambitious work of fiction in theme and scope.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “Magnificently written . . . one of those rare novels that is enthusiastically passed from friend to friend.”—Associated Press

Chesapeake Light Tackle
Chesapeake Light Tackle

Author: Shawn Kimbro

Publisher:

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 9780615562506

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Light tackle tips and techniques for fishing the Chesapeake Bay including full color photographs, fishing reports, and conservation methods for landing big fish on light tackle

Life in the Chesapeake Bay
Life in the Chesapeake Bay

Author: Alice Jane Lippson

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2006-06-19

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780801883378

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Life in the Chesapeake Bay is the most important book ever published on America's largest estuary. Since publication of the first edition in 1984, tens of thousands of naturalists, boaters, fishermen, and conservationists have relied on the book's descriptions of the Bay's plants, animals, and diverse habitats. Superbly illustrated and clearly written, this acclaimed guide describes hundreds of plants and animals and their habitats, from diamondback terrapins to blue crabs to hornshell snails. Now in its third edition, the book has been updated with a new gallery of thirty-nine color photographs and dozens of new species descriptions and illustrations. The new edition retains the charm of an engaging classic while adding a decade of new research. This classic guide to the plants and animals of the Chesapeake Bay will appeal to a variety of readers—year-round residents and summer vacationers, professional biologists and amateur scientists, conservationists and sportsmen.

Tidewater
Tidewater

Author: Stephen R. Brown

Publisher:

Published: 2010-11-18

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9780976615026

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"Tidewater: The Chesapeake Bay in Images" is a 112 page full color book of images of the Chesapeake Bay Region taken over the last 30 years by well-known photographer Stephen R. Brown who also has published photo books on the WWII Memorial and another on Washington, DC. Website http://[email protected]

Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks
Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks

Author:

Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780870334511

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In the 1900s, skipjacks were a familiar fixture in every port on the Chesapeake. Their captains and crews were tough, hardy souls who earned a living in the harsh conditions of the wintertime Bay, dredging for oysters under sail. The author has gone among skipjack captains, gathering stories of exciting events in their lives and reminiscences of how it was in the good times when oysters were healthy and plentiful. They told too about the bad times, when storms endangered their lives, or ice threatened their boats, the times when harvests were meager or the price they could get for oysters was too low to cover their expenses. Throughout, the author threads the history of the skipjack, from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century when dredging by sail was the only legal method, to the 1990s when the twin scourges of disease and water quality threatened to put an end to the country's last commercial sailing fleet.

Flyfisher's Guide to Chesapeake Bay
Flyfisher's Guide to Chesapeake Bay

Author: Ed Russell

Publisher: Wilderness Adventures Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1885106947

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This is a book that long needed to be written. Fly fishermen have been enjoying their sport in the Chesapeake Bay for decades. Yet, until now, no one has given it a comprehensive treatment...Ed and Bill have put together a book that is well organized and packed with invaluable information for anyone who enjoys fly or light tackle fishing in the Chesapeake Bay. Book jacket.

Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay
Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay

Author: Jamie L.H. Goodall

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2020-02-24

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 1439669090

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“An epic history of piracy . . . Goodall explores the role of these legendary rebels and describes the fine line between piracy and privateering.” —WYPR The story of Chesapeake pirates and patriots begins with a land dispute and ends with the untimely death of an oyster dredger at the hands of the Maryland Oyster Navy. From the golden age of piracy to Confederate privateers and oyster pirates, the maritime communities of the Chesapeake Bay are intimately tied to a fascinating history of intrigue, plunder and illicit commerce raiding. Author Jamie L.H. Goodall introduces infamous men like Edward “Blackbeard” Teach and “Black Sam” Bellamy, as well as lesser-known local figures like Gus Price and Berkeley Muse, whose tales of piracy are legendary from the harbor of Baltimore to the shores of Cape Charles. “Rather than an unchanging monolith, Goodall creates a narrative filled with dynamic movement and exchange between the characters, setting, conflict, and resolution of her story. Goodall positioned this narrative to be successful on different levels.” —International Social Science Review

FISHES CHESAPEAKE BAY PB
FISHES CHESAPEAKE BAY PB

Author: Murdy Eo

Publisher: Smithsonian

Published: 2002-09-17

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9781588340450

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This comprehensive treatise enables users to identify 267 species of fish found in Chesapeake Bay through a system of keys to the orders, to the families within orders, and to the species within families. Written by biologists affiliated with either academic institutions or the National Science Foundation, it offers illustrations from the Smithsonian Institution archives.