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Harvesting the Chesapeake: Tools and Traditions
Chowning. L S
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Description for Harvesting the Chesapeake: Tools and Traditions
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 233 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; KNAF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 666.
This second, revised and expanded, edition of this popular collection, including 233 photos and sketches, represents the most comprehensive study of the Chesapeake Bay's fisheries, but it is far more. It records the pictures and recollections of the homespun tales of the hardy men and women who have lived and worked along the shores of the nation's largest estuary. Since the first edition was published in 1990, some of these tools and traditions have disappeared and are now part of Chesapeake Bay lore. Many of the implements and skills used by Chesapeake Bay watermen had their origins in the 1600s, ... Read more
This second, revised and expanded, edition of this popular collection, including 233 photos and sketches, represents the most comprehensive study of the Chesapeake Bay's fisheries, but it is far more. It records the pictures and recollections of the homespun tales of the hardy men and women who have lived and worked along the shores of the nation's largest estuary. Since the first edition was published in 1990, some of these tools and traditions have disappeared and are now part of Chesapeake Bay lore. Many of the implements and skills used by Chesapeake Bay watermen had their origins in the 1600s, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780870336348
SKU
V9780870336348
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Chowning. L S
Larry Chowning of Urbanna, Virginia, is an award-winning reporter who has been covering the Chesapeake Bay's fisheries for regional and national periodicals for over three decades. As field editor for National Fisherman, he has traveled extensively in Maryland and Virginia.
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