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Gunning for Sea Ducks

George Howard Gillelan
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Gunning for Sea Ducks introduces you to a practically untouched arena of waterfowling—birds that provide fast,…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 20 b/w photos & 12 illustrations | 140 pp
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ISBN13: 9780870333866 | Binding: hard cover

$14.95
Just Passing Through

Mick Blackistone. Photographs by Marion E. Warren
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An intimate, unusual look at the Chesapeake Bay through beautiful images by renowned photographer, the late Marion…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ | 63 b/w photos | 128 pp
ISBN13: 9780764339912 | Binding: soft cover

$14.99
Lighting the Bay: Tales of Chesapeake Lighthouses

Pat Vojtech
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From the beginning, it was a struggle to light the Chesapeake. Its soft, undulating bottom presented different…
Size: 9″ x 12″ | 104 color , 59 b/w photos & 1 map | 208 pp
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ISBN13: 9780870334665 | Binding: hard cover

$34.95
Memories of Chesapeake Beach & North Beach, Maryland

James Tigner, Jr.
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Before the Bay Bridge made access to the Atlantic easier, the Chesapeake Bay was dotted with beach-type resorts….
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″ | 234 color images | 128 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764327681 | Binding: soft cover

$24.95
Pirates on the Chesapeake: Being a True History of Pirates, Picaroons, and Raiders on the Chesapeake Bay, 1610-1807

Donald G. Shomette
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A dazzling array of swashbuckling pirates, picaroons, and sea rovers are pitted against the often feckless…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 39 illustrations, 1 map | 252 pp
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ISBN13: 9780870336072 | Binding: soft cover

$22.95
Powerboat Racing on the Chesapeake

William W. Mowbray
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This is the first book that documents the development and history of racing activity on the bay. It focuses on the…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 60 b/w photos | 128 pp
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ISBN13: 9780870334733 | Binding: soft cover

$16.95
Rudows Guide to Fishing the Chesapeake

Lenny Rudow
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Rudow’s Guide to Fishing the Chesapeake is the most comprehensive handbook for anglers on all of the Chesapeake’s…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 18 b/w photos, 4 illustrations and 30 maps | 318 pp
ISBN13: 9780870335686 | Binding: soft cover

$14.99
Schooner Sultana: Building a Chesapeake Legacy

Drew McMullen, text. Photographs by Lucian Niemeyer
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The schooner Sultana is a remarkable example of what can happen when a grand idea sparks the imagination of a…
Size: 12″ x 9″ | 184 color photographs, 8 b/w illustrations, 3 maps | 160 pp
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ISBN13: 9780870335389 | Binding: hard cover

$35.95
Steamboat Days on the Chesapeake: Betterton and Tolchester Beach

James Tigner, Jr.
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Over 300 postcards and engaging text present Maryland’s beach resorts of yesteryear. Before the completion of the…
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″ | 328 images | 128 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764331091 | Binding: hard cover

$29.99
The Best of Times on the Chesapeake Bay: An Account of a Rock Hall Waterman

Robert L. Rich, Jr. Lived by Captain Lawrence William Simns
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Today, the Chesapeake Bay watermen’s way of life is under pressure to survive. Captain Larry Simns has worked as a…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 42 illustrations | 288 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764342776 | Binding: soft cover

$19.99
The James Adams Floating Theatre

C. Richard Gillespie
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The boat on which Edna Ferber based her famous novel brought excitement and entertainment to isolated small towns…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 56 b/w photos, 5 maps | 304 pp
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ISBN13: 9780870334160 | Binding: hard cover

$28.95
The Outlaw Gunner

Harry M. Walsh
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The Outlaw Gunner is the colorful story of market gunning in both its legal and illegal phases. This is the tale…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 5 illustrations, 148 b/w photos | 192 pp
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ISBN13: 9780870336096 | Binding: soft cover

$19.95
The Story of Lem Ward

Glenn Lawson, Photographs by Tricia Veasy
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American wildfowl art owes its foundation to Lem Ward. This wood carver and painter (1896-1984) overcame severe…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 175 photos | 128 pp
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ISBN13: 9780887400285 | Binding: hard cover

$35.00
The Watermen of the Chesapeake Bay

2nd Edition
John Hurt Whitehead, III
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“I must have presented a strange and humorous sight to him as I carefully approached on the rickety pier, arms…
Size: 9″ x 12″ | 191 color photos | 168 pp
ISBN13: 9780870333743 | Binding: hard cover

$34.95
Three Cheers for the Chesapeake!: History of the 4th Maryland Light Artillery Battery in the Civil War

Rick Richter
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Illustrated with previously unpublished photos, letters, documents, and diary entries, the untold story of the…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 51 color and b/w photos | 256 pp
ISBN13: 9780764352621 | Binding: hard cover

$34.99
Tidewater Triumph: The Development and Worldwide Success of the Chesapeake Bay Pilot Schooner

Geoffrey M. Footner
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The fast, nimble pilot schooners of the Chesapeake Bay—employed not only for piloting but also for cargo…
Size: 8″ x 10″ | 129 b/w photos | 310 pp
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ISBN13: 9780870335112 | Binding: hard cover

$39.95
Upper Chesapeake Bay Decoys and Their Makers

David and Joan Hagan
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Being on the migrational flyway for ducks and geese, the upper Chesapeake Bay has long been a center for waterfowl…
Size: 9″ x 12″ | 400+ photos | 216 pp
ISBN13: 9780887402586 | Binding: hard cover

$59.95
Wind and Oyster Jack

Marcia Moore, Illustrations by Heather Crow
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It’s late in the fall when Oyster Jack and his boat Dinah sail out to the Chesapeake Bay to harvest oysters….
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 25 color images | 32 pp
ISBN13: 9780764354229 | Binding: hard cover

$14.99
Yesterday on the Chesapeake Bay

James Tigner, Jr.
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The story of the Chesapeake Bay is told through 466 vintage postcards and other ephemera. See the Bay our…
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″ | 204 color & 262 b/w photos | 160 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764325977 | Binding: hard cover

$39.95