Parson of the Islands: The Life and Times of the Rev. Joshua Thomas

Parson of the Island

Biographies & Memoirs

Wallace,Adam

Leaders & Notable People

Tidewater Pub

Searoom Handbook: With Radar Anti-Collision Tables

Engineering & Transportation

Quilter, E. S.

Transportation

Blackwater

Science & Math

Meanley, Brooke

Biological Sciences

Eastern Branch Press is pleased to announce the new paperback edition of John R. Wennersten's The Oyster Wars of Chesapeake Bay. In the decades following the Civil War, Chesapeake Bay became the scene of a life and death struggle to harvest the oyster, one of the most valuable commodities on the Atlantic coast. In this book, noted historian and author John Wennersten tells the stories of watermen, law enforcement officers, government officials, Bay scientists, immigrants, and oyster shuckers involved in the oyster trade.

The Oyster Wars of Chesapeake Bay

History

Wennersten, John R.

Americas

Readers will find in this book the product of an unusual interaction between a naturalist, who is also a rugged outdoors man, and one of the most intriguing but least studied of the rivers of Maryland's Eastern Shore.

Naturalist on the Nanticoke

Hedeen, Robert A.

Tells the stories of ships that have sunk because of war or bad weather in the Chesapeake Bay, and the efforts to recover them

Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake: Maritime Disasters on Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries, 1608-1978

SHOMETTE, DONALD G.

Depicts the characteristics, habitats, behavior, and sizes of the populations of the species of birds, reptiles, fishes, plants, and other wildlife threatened with extinction

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife of the Chesapeake Bay Region

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

White, Christopher P

Pets & Animal Care

Details the life of the army officer, Tench Tilghman, and describes his contributions to the American victory in the Revolutionary War

Tench Tilghman: The Life and Times of Washington's Aide-De-Camp

Shreve, L. G.

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

Chowning, Larry S.

Sports & Outdoors

Shares drawings and watercolors of the Chesapeake Bay area and describes the small villages and harbors

Bayside Impressions: Maryland's Eastern Shore and the Chesapeake Bay

Arts & Photography

Thompson, William L.

Iams, James Drake

Painting

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