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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)
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)
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)
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)
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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