Discovering the Chesapeake
Subtitle: The History of an Ecosystem
Contributors: Philip Curtin (Editor); Grace S. Brush (Editor); George W. Fisher (Editor)
Publisher: Tandem Library
Published: March 2001
Language: eng
Format: School & Library Binding
ISBN-13: 9780613915946
Subjects: General; Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems; Science; United States - State & Local - General; Nature / Field Guide Books; Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and; Effect of human beings on; Human ecology; Natural history; Nature; Science/Mathematics
First sentence: Late on a cold December afternoon, an Eastern Shore oysterman steers his boat for home, barely a dozen bushels of oysters aboard.