Meet workboat builders and the versatile boats’ owners, captains, and families who bought and sold goods and played aboard them. Illustrations are contributions of many who were directly connected to these distinctive boats.

Chesapeake Bay Buyboats, 2nd Edition

History

Chowning, Larry S.

Americas

Schiffer

Portrays the way of life on an isolated island in the Chesapeake Bay through anecdotes about the experiences of Elmer Crockett and other inhabitants

Barcat Skipper: Tales of a Tangier Island Waterman

Sports & Outdoors

Tidewater Pub

Harvesting the Chesapeake: Tools and Traditions

Chesapeake Legacy: Tools and Traditions

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Knowing that many of the tools and traditions of the Bay's fisheries are likely to disappear by the twenty-first century, Larry Chowning has gathered much of his information from elderly practitioners, preserving the crafts and lore of the Bay's harvesters in words and pictures. His talent for getting people to trust him with their reminiscences and trade secrets is evident in the book's sparkling dialog and outstanding photographs. A tribute to the patience and perseverance of the Bay's watermen, these vignettes also emphasize the alarming decrease in the resources of the Bay.

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Cornell Maritime Pr/Tidewater Pub

Soldiers at the Doorstep: Civil War Lore

Chesapeake Bay Buyboats

Water Sports

Tidewater Publishers

In Deadrise and Cross-planked, author Larry S. Chowning takes readers on a journey into the history of wooden deadrise boat building, highlighting its role in Chesapeake Bay culture, and providing deeper insight into the builders who created these works of nautical ingenuity. More than 150 photographs complement this insider's view of the traditional watermen's lifestyle and offer a glimpse of the history that spans the thousands of nautical miles of the Chesapeake Bay. Written by one of the most notable bay historians, Deadrise and Cross-planked is a must-have for all maritime and Chesapeake Bay enthusiasts.

Deadrise and Cross-planked

BUYBOATS ARE PART OF THE CHESAPEAKE'S MARITIME HERITAGE. THEY EVOLVED FROM THE SAILING SCHOONERS, BUGEYES, PUNGIES AND LOG CANOES SO FAMILIAR IN THE BAY'S BACKGROUND. WHILE IT IS FASCINATING TO LEARN ABOUT THE BOATS, IT IS EVEN MORE SO TO HEAR FROM SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED WITH THEM. BY INCLUDING PERSONAL NARRATIVE, THE AUTHOR HAS PRESENTED A GENEROUS SLICE OF LIFE ON THE BAY, SPANNING MANY DECADES.

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

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, and, until now, much of what is known about the various forms of gear had been passed down orally from generation to generation. Some of these tools and traditions are likely to disappear in the twenty-first century. The text to this fascinating book documents the harvesting of the Bay, including much information gathered by personal interviews with elderly practitioners of the trade, making sure that the crafts and lore of the Bay's harvesters are preserved.

Schiffer+publishing Ltd

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