| The Oyster Wars of Chesapeake Bay Contributor(s): Wennersten, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 061518250X ISBN-13: 9780615182506 Publisher: John R Wennersten OUR PRICE: $17.08 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2007 Annotation: Eastern Branch Press is pleased to announce the new paperback edition of John R. Wennersten's The Oyster Wars of Chesapeake Bay. In the decades following the Civil War, Chesapeake Bay became the scene of a life and death struggle to harvest the oyster, one of the most valuable commodities on the Atlantic coast. In this book, noted historian and author John Wennersten tells the stories of watermen, law enforcement officers, government officials, Bay scientists, immigrants, and oyster shuckers involved in the oyster trade. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 975.518 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6" W x 9" (0.55 lbs) 164 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Eastern Branch Press is pleased to announce the new paperback edition of John R. Wennersten's The Oyster Wars of Chesapeake Bay. In the decades following the Civil War, Chesapeake Bay became the scene of a life and death struggle to harvest the oyster, one of the most valuable commodi-ties on the Atlantic coast. In this book, noted historian and author John Wennersten tells the stories of wa-termen, law enforcement officers, government officials, Bay scientists, immi-grants, and oyster shuckers involved in the oyster trade. |
