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Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks
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Description for Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks
Hardcover. Num Pages: 158 pages, 83 colour photos. BIC Classification: WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 286 x 17. Weight in Grams: 880.
Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks documents the skipjack and its role in the oyster dredging industry, describing the natural and manmade disasters that affected the trade, including the August storm of 1933 that swept vessels into pastures; ice-locked harbors that led to the idea of dredging through the ice with sleighs, cars, and trucks; and the Great Depression that crushed the oyster market overnight and forced many to abandon their vessels and way of life. The history of the skipjack, a vessel type that has only existed for about a hundred years, is seen here primarily through the eyes of the men ... Read more
Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks documents the skipjack and its role in the oyster dredging industry, describing the natural and manmade disasters that affected the trade, including the August storm of 1933 that swept vessels into pastures; ice-locked harbors that led to the idea of dredging through the ice with sleighs, cars, and trucks; and the Great Depression that crushed the oyster market overnight and forced many to abandon their vessels and way of life. The history of the skipjack, a vessel type that has only existed for about a hundred years, is seen here primarily through the eyes of the men ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Tidewater Pub
Condition
New
Number of Pages
154
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780870334511
SKU
V9780870334511
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99-2
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