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MARYLAND / DELAWARE HISTORY
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| Chesapeake Men: Their Stories, Their Memories Don Parks trade paper 9780764344619 128 pages 24.99 This collection depicts eleven Shoremen from diverse backgrounds, who worked the waters of the Bay, experiencing harshness as well as bounty. |
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| Chesapeake Sailing Craft Robert H. Burgess edited by William A. Fox hardcover 322 pages 0870335723 34.95 This expanded edition of a regional classic presents a rare photographic record of 1925-1975, depicting Bay sailing craft from log canoe to four-masted schooner. Previously out of print for many years, this new work will inspire a new generation of readers. |
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| Chesapeake Rumrunners of the Roaring Twenties Eric Mills hardcover 192 pages 0-87033-518-9 25.95 In a style reminiscent of the era it describes, the author brings to life the world of mobster and preacher, rumrunner and revenue man, moonshine and "real McCoy." |
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| Chesapeake Steamboats: Vanished Fleet David C. Holly hardcover 308 pages 0-87033-455-7 29.95 This book portrays the steamboat era (1813- 1963) on the Chesapeake, which matched in glamour and excitement the steamboats' history on the Mississippi. |
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| Chesapeake Views John Werry hardcover 9780764340703 160 pages 34.99 The photogenic estuary is celebrated in full color with the romance of sunset views on the water, spectacular wildlife, dramatic weather, watermen and their iconic boats and much more. |
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| Chesapeake Women Don Parks trade paper 9780764347016 128 pages 24.99 Here are inspiring profiles of eleven women whose lives have been influenced and enriched by living on or near the Bay. Color and b & w photos. |
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| City on the Sand Mary Corddry trade paper 200 pages 9780764338205 16.99 Now available in a handsome trade paperback format, this is an appealing portrait of Ocean City, Maryland- a magnet for vacationers for more than a century. B & W photos and sketches. |
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| Comical and Curious Tales of the Eastern Shore Arthur King Fisher staple bound 60 pages 0-9649690-2-5 9.95 Here are more than 125 funny stories that all happened to Eastern Shoremen. Our favorites are the Aunt Gladys stories. |
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| Conversations in a Country Store Hal Roth trade paper 0-9647694-0-9 214 pages 12.95 Pull up a bench and enjoy these folksy tales in the idiom and dialect that make old Eastern Shore speech so rich. |
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| Dancing with the Tide Mick Blackistone hardcover 266 pages 0-87033-532-4 24.95 This book takes the reader on a journey with the watermen as they harvest oysters, clams, fish and crabs, showing the serious and humorous sides of a typical day. |
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| Deadrise and Cross-planked Larry S. Chowning trade paper 178 pages 9780870335884 34.95 Written by one of the most notable bay historians, this is a journey into the history of 20th century wooden deadrise boat building, highlighting its role in Chesapeake Bay culture. B & w photos. |
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| The Disappearing Islands of the Chesapeake William B. Cronin hardcover 9780801874352 196 pages 38.00 This book surveys the changing fortunes of the Bay’s forty-odd islands as water levels rise at alarming rates. Photographs from A. Aubrey Bodine. |
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| A Dorchester County Scrapbook Terry L. White and A.M. Foley Trade paper 9780967294735 224 pages 18.95 Personal stories, memories and photographs help capture the heart, soul and history of Dorchester County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. |
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| Eastern Shore Wordbook Arthur King Fisher staple bound 26 pages 0-9649690-1-7 7.95 Eastern Shore folk cures, words and expressions, folk meteorology and horticulture in one compact source. |
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| The Entailed Hat George Alfred Townshend ("GATH") Hal Roth, editor trade paper 447 pages 0-9647694-3-3 16.95 This 19th century historical novel has been called "the most popular even written" about the Delmarva peninsula and its Patty Cannon information gathered first hand prompts us to include it here with history. |
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| Entertaining Words from the Eastern Shore Arthur King Fisher staple bound 26 pages 0-9649690-0-9 6.95 More fun with sayings, malapropisms, spoonerisms, euphemisms, and Eastern Shore tall tales. |
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