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Chesapeake Bay   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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The Chesapeake Bay Book, A Complete Guide  •  Allison Blake  •  Tracy Sahler
GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES
An intimate guidebook to the Bay, lovingly written by a local newspaper reporter. The book covers sites all along the eastern and western shores of the bay, with lots of history and practical information. (USE17, $18.95)
  The Chesapeake Bay Book, A Complete Guide
Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs & the Chesapeake Bay  •  William Warner
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1994 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES
A history of the blue crab, enriched with local color and a vivid overview of the Chesapeake Bay, its ecosystem, history, and future. Warner is in love with everything about the Chesapeake's blue crabs, and that comes shining through in this book. (USS14, $14.99)
  Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs & the Chesapeake Bay
Life in the Chesapeake Bay  •  Alice Jane Lippson  •  Robert L. Lippson
NATURAL HISTORY •  2006 •  PAPER  • 324 PAGES
A combination field guide and ecological primer on the Chesapeake Bay. It's a comprehensive guide to nature in the Chesapeake, discussing both the many local plants and animals, and nicely describing the wetlands habitat in which they live. Subtitled "An Illustrated Guide to the Fishes, Invertebrates, Plants, Birds and Other Animals of Bays and Inlets form Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras." (USS17, $25.00)
  Life in the Chesapeake Bay
United States Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Map  •   Hallwag
MAP
A detailed road map of the eastern United States stretching from the northern half of Georgia to the southern part of New York and west to Indiana and Mississippi, at a scale of 1:1,200,000. It includes city insets and a helpful road guide with travel tips. One Side. 39x55 inches. (USS57, $12.95)
  United States Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Map
 

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Africans in America, America's Journey through Slavery  •  Charles Johnson  •  Patricia Smith  •   WBGH Series Research Team   • HISTORY  •  A powerful collaborative effort that paints a vivid picture of the history of slavery in America, and celebrates the brave Africans who managed to preserve their heritage as they endured so many hardships. (USS53, $17.00)
 
 
Founding Brothers, The Revolutionary Generation  •  Joseph J. Ellis   • HISTORY  •  A riveting tale of Washington, Madison, Hamilton and especially of Jefferson and Adams. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, it's a fascinating glimpse into the early days of our country. (USE244, $14.95)
 
 
Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay and Other Tales of the Lost Chesapeake  •  Donald G. Shomette   • HISTORY  •  A history of the Chesapeake, particularly the Mallows Bay region. (USS343, $29.95)
 
 
Kent Island, The Land that Once Was Eden  •  Janet Freedman   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  (USS346, $22.95)
 
 
Lost Towns of Tidewater Maryland  •  Donald G. Shomette   • HISTORY  •  An archaeological history of ten early communities in Maryland. (USS345, $36.95)
 
 
Maryland Lost and Found...Again  •  Eugene L. Meyer   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A personal tour of Maryland written by a "Washington Post" journalist, combining history, commentary and anecdote. (USS347, $15.95)
 
 
Pirates of the Chesapeake, Being a True History of Pirates, Picaroons, and Raiders on Chesapeake Bay, 1610-1807  •  Donald G. Shomette   • HISTORY  •  A detailed and entertaining history of piracy on the Chesapeake Bay. (USS344, $24.95)
 
 
Slave Counterpoint, Black Culture in the Eighteenth Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry  •  David Morgan   • HISTORY  •  A scholarly, readable comparison of the slave cultures of Virginia and South Carolina. Intended for a general audience, Morgan covers the lives of the slaves in rich detail, and paints a compelling portrait of African Americans in the South on the eve of the American Revolution. (USS10, $30.00)
 
 
The Creation of the American Republic 1776-1787  •  Gordon S. Wood   • HISTORY  •  This sweeping political history examines America's transformation from colony to republic during the Revolutionary War. (USE79, $25.00)
 
 
The First Salute, A View of the American Revolution  •  Barbara Tuchman   • HISTORY  •  An analysis of the American Revolution, focusing on the European politics surrounding the war, and the conflicts between the British and Dutch navy. (USA04, $16.95)
 
 
The Transformation of Virginia 1740-1790  •  Rhys Isaac   • HISTORY  •  In this Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Isaac analyzes Virginia's social history during the tumultuous years between 1740-1790. (USE78, $22.95)
 
 
The Wilmington Campaign, Last Departing Rays of Hope  •  Chris E. Fonvielle, Jr.   • HISTORY  •  A history of the Civil War in Wilmington, North Carolina. (USS125, $22.95)
 
 
Yorktown 1781, The World Turned Upside Down  •  Adam Hook  •  Brendan Morrisey   • HISTORY  •  Illustrations, maps, and a lucid blow-by-blow of the Revolutionary War battle. (USE12, $19.95)
 
 
An Island out of Time, A Memoir of Smith Island in the Chesapeake  •  Tom Horton   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  An evocative memoir of two years on an island off the coast of Maryland. (USE16, $14.00)
 
 
Chesapeake  •  James Michener   • LITERATURE  •  Michener works his usual magic, this time on the Chesapeake Bay, telling the history of the region through the story of a colorful family. (USS15, $15.95)
 
 
People of the Mist  •  Kathleen O'Neal Gear  •  W. Michael Gear   • LITERATURE  •  A historical novel set on the Chesapeake bay before Europeans arrived in North America. (USE18, $7.99)
 
 
Birds of the Chesapeake Bay  •  John W. Taylor   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Paintings of some of the birds that live in and visit the Bay. (USE19, $40.00)
 
 
National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Mid-Atlantic States  •  Peter Alden  •  Brian Cassie   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact photographic guide to the wildflowers, trees, mosses, butterflies, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals of the Mid-Atlantic States. (USE73, $19.95)
 
 
The Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America  •  Roger Tory Peterson   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird with status, habitat, range, voice and identifying marks. (USE262, $19.95)
 
 


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