CRAB CULTURE AND LORE
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Beautiful Swimmers
William W. Warner
trade paper
304 pages
9780316923354
16.00

Nature enthusiasts and fans of fine writing alike will find this a timeless and enchanting study of the men who make their living in pursuit of the blue crab.


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.


Chesapeake Legacy: Tools and Traditions
Larry S. Chowning
trade paper
320 pages
9780870334689
29.95

Written by an author who appreciates the watermen’s history and culture, here is a treasure trove of tales- of fishing under sail, recipes for salting herring and cooking muskrat, and even the harvesting of human souls through baptism by immersion.


Having My Say:
Conversations With Chesapeake Bay Waterman Wylie “Gator” Abbott

A.M. Foley
trade paper
256 pages
096729472X
18.95

This entertaining biography takes the reader inside the life of Wylie Abbott, locally-renowned hunter, guide, muskrat skinner and Eastern Shore waterman.


The Watermen of the Chesapeake Bay
John Hurt Whitehead, III
hardcover
168 pages
0-87033-374-7
34.95

The life of the waterman comes alive in vibrant color photographs and accompanying text of observations and quips.


The Last Waterman
Glenn Lawson
trade paper
210 pages
0-9620439-0-7
12.95

This regional classic recounts the true story of a Chesapeake waterman, struggling to keep a way of life his family had passed on for eleven generations.