CRAB CULTURE AND LORE
Beautiful Swimmers
William W. Warner
trade paper
304 pages
0-316-92335-4
14.99

Nature enthusiasts and fans of fine writing alike will find this Pulitzer Prize-winner a timeless and enchanting study of the men who make their living in pursuit of the blue crab.


It's How You Pick the Crab
Kelly Feltault et alia
staple bound
40 pages
9780922249091
9.95

Black and white photos and oral histories of the people who have made their living picking crabs over the last century make for fascinating reading.


Dancing with the Tide
Mick Blackistone
hardcover
266 pages
0-87033-532-4
24.95


This book takes the reader on a journey with the watermen as they harvest oysters, clams, fish and crabs, showing the serious and humorous sides of a typical day.


Chesapeake Legacy: Tools and Traditions
Larry S. Chowning
trade paper
320 pages
9780870334689
29.95

Written by an author who appreciates the watermen’s history and culture, here is a treasure trove of tales- of fishing under sail, recipes for salting herring and cooking muskrat, and even the harvesting of human souls through baptism by immersion.


The Watermen of the Chesapeake Bay
John Hurt Whitehead, III
hardcover
168 pages
0-87033-374-7
34.95

The life of the waterman comes alive in vibrant color photographs and accompanying text of observations and quips.


Working the Chesapeake
Mark E. Jacoby
trade paper
170 pages
0-943676-53-3
14.95

This gives the details on fishing for crabs, oysters, soft clams, eels, catfish, menhaden and other denizens of the Bay, enhanced by original lithographs by Neil Harpe.


The Last Waterman
Glenn Lawson
trade paper
210 pages
0-9620439-0-7
12.95

This regional classic recounts the true story of a Chesapeake waterman, struggling to keep a way of life his family had passed on for eleven generations.