Chesapeake Bay Buyboats
Author | : Larry S. Chowning |
Publisher | : Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2003 |
ISBN-10 | : UVA:X030254647 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Chesapeake Bay Buyboats written by Larry S. Chowning and published by Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All but forgotten, buyboats served for nearly a century throughout the Bay region as floating middlemen buying fresh catch off smaller workboats and whisking it away to customers on the shore. Chowning preserves a fading way of life, the vessels that powered it, and the voices of those who worked it.