Harvesting the Chesapeake: Tools and Traditions - Softcover

Chowning, Larry S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870334697 ISBN 13: 9780870334696

Publisher: Cornell Maritime Pr/Tidewater Pub, 1990

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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 a decade. As field editor for National Fisherman, the nation's most prominent publication directs specifically to the fisheries, he has traveled extensively in Maryland and Virginia. Besides covering the more publicized events related to the fisheries, Chowning has specialized in the human stories that are found on the back roads of the Chesapeake Bay region. His travels have provided the raw material for numerous articles and short stories about Bay life and lore. "The Drowning," a tragic tale about two young men and their first job on a menhaden fishing vessel, won first place in the ninth annual Chesapeake Writer's Festival.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cornell Maritime Pr/Tidewater Pub
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0870334697
• ISBN 13: 9780870334696
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 296