Discovering the Chesapeake
Subtitle: The History of an Ecosystem
Contributors: Philip D. Curtin (Editor); Grace S. Brush (Editor); George W. Fisher (Editor)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: March 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780801864681
Subjects: American history; Biogeography; Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions; Ecological science, the Biosphere; The Environment; Nature; Environmental Science; Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.); Science/Mathematics; Science; Natural history; Maryland; USA; General; Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems; United States - State & Local - General; Mid-Atlantic States; Nature / General; Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and; Earth Sciences - General; Effect of human beings on; Human ecology
First sentence: Late on a cold December afternoon, an Eastern Shore oysterman steers his boat for home, barely a dozen bushels of oysters aboard.