The Oyster Wars of Chesapeake Bay - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9780615182506

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by John Wennersten (Author)

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.

Number of Pages: 164

Dimensions: 0.38 x 9 x 6 IN

Publication Date: January 16, 2008

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