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RECORD NUMBER: 17 OF 137| Main Title | Beautiful swimmers : watermen, crabs, and the Chesapeake Bay / | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Author | Warner, William W., | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Little, Brown, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year Published | 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 01659680 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ISBN | 0316923265; 9780316923262 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subjects | Blue crab fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Md and Va) ; Blue crab--Chesapeake Bay (Md and Va) ; Atlantic Ocean--Chesapeake Bay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | Crab fisheries--Chesapeake Bay ; Blue crabs ; Chesapeake Bay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Edition | 1st ed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collation | xiii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | "An Atlantic Monthly Press book." Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-295). |
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| Contents Notes | The Bay -- Autumn, Deal Island -- Winter -- Follow the water -- Beautiful swimmer -- Spring -- Lester Lee and the chicken neckers -- To market -- Summer and scraping -- The islands, looking ahead -- Out main Bay -- Crisfield. Combines a natural history of the Atlantic blue crab with an historical and ecological study of Chesapeake Bay and a chronicle of the commercial crabber's year. |