| The Lord's Oysters Contributor(s): Byron, Gilbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801819598 ISBN-13: 9780801819599 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1957 Annotation: Nationally acclaimed when first published in 1957 by Atlantic/Little, Brown, The Lord's Oysters has never previously been available in a paperback edition. While presented as a novel, it captures with vivid fidelity the life of the Chesapeake watermen and their families in the early 20th century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 77003717 |
| Series: Maryland Paperback Bookshelf |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 5.27" W x 8.09" (0.79 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Memories of the author's youth are incorporated in a novel about the boyhood escapades of Noah Marlin, the son of a Chesapeake Bay waterman. |
Contributor Bio(s): Byron, Gilbert: - Gilbert Byron grew up on Maryland's Eastern Shore, a waterman's son like his young hero. A schoolteacher for twenty-eight years, he began writing full time in 1957 and was the author of eleven books. His beloved classic, The Lord's Oysters, is also available from Johns Hopkins. |