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Yesterday on the Chesapeake Bay. James Tigner. The story of the Chesapeake Bay told through 466 vintage postcards and other ephem- era. See the bay in the days before there were bridges. Travel by steamboat between Baltimore and Norfolk, and go to bathing beaches in Mary- land, then continue south to Virginia. • 11" x 81/2" (279x215mm) •204 color &262b/wphotos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-2597-7 • HC • $39.95 / £38.99 / 59.95 CAD 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. Larry Simns has worked as a commercial fisherman on the waters of Maryland for nearly sixty years, serving as president of the Maryland Watermen’s Association since the 1970s. Here, find 65 stories that provide a funny, pointed, and candid portrait of his journey to lead independent, hard- charging commercial fishermen. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) •42 illustrations•288pp. •978-0-7643-4277-6•PB•$19.99 / £19.99 / 29.99 CAD Cities and Towns of the Chesapeake. William B. Cronin. This travel guide explores the rich Maryland history and local sites for 100 cities, towns, and villages on the Chesapeake Bay. Classic architecture, historic sites, restaurants, places to stay, marinas, and lists of local attractions are included. Maps and photographs provide a handy reference for fascinating day or weekend trips by highway or waterway. • 7"x10" (177x254mm) •799 color images, 105 maps • 288 pp. • 978-0-7643-4463-3 • PB • $34.99 / £33.99 / 51.99 CAD Steamboat Days on the Chesapeake: Bet- terton and Tolchester Beach. James Tigner Jr. More than 300 postcards and text present Maryland’s beach resorts, Betterton and Tol- chester Beach. Their Victorian hotels were booked solid all summer, and Chesapeake Bay’s biggest and best-known amusement park brought ex- cursion boats across the bay. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 328 images • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-3109-1 • HC • $29.99 / £28.99 / 45.00 CAD CHESAPEAKE BAY Chesapeake Views. John Werry. Award- winning photographer John Werry draws upon his 40-year love affair with the Chesapeake Bay to inspire a book with more than 200 stunning photographs of Chesapeake Bay scenes. Included in this visual tour are images of spectacular wild- life, watermen making their living, working boats, and classic boats on the bay. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215mm) • 204 photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-4070-3 •HC• $34.99 / £33.99 / 51.99 CAD Just Passing Through. Mick Blackistone. Photographs by Marion E. Warren. Pairing photographs by a renowned photographer, the late Marion Warren, and insightful poetry by award-winning author Mick Blackistone. Black- and-white imagery of moments in time of people and places of the Chesapeake Bay region come alive in this book, revealing the warmth and spirit of living that is timeless in today’s world. • 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" (215 x 279 mm) • 63 b/w photos • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-3991-2 • PB • $14.99 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Exploring the Chesapeake in Small Boats. John Page Williams Jr. Descriptions of the bay’s waterways in relation to geology, ecology, and human history. Learn about water safety, boat selection, seamanship, motoring, rowing, paddling, and poling. Also a useful discussion of natural history gear, such as binoculars, field guides, cast nets, books, and maps. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 9 b/w photos & 9 maps • 200 pp. • 978-0-87033-429-0 • PB • $12.95 / £12.99 / 19.95 CAD Lighting the Bay: Tales of Chesapeake Light- houses. Pat Vojtech. With more than 100 color photographs and informative historical narrative, learn the human saga of life in the bay’s lighthouses. Heroic rescues, untimely deaths, daily tasks, battles with ice, cold, injury, and loneliness all comprise the difficult job of guarding the people and keeping the lights burning • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 104 color, 59 b/w photos & 1 map • 208 pp. • 978-0-87033-466-5 • HC • $34.95 / £33.99 / 51.95 CAD Upper Chesapeake Bay Decoys and Their Makers. David and Joan Hagan. The art of more than 80 decoy makers in eastern Maryland is illustrated with beautiful photos of their work. Many decoys are accompanied by portraits of the artists and recollections and reflec- tions on their art and experiences • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 400+ photos • 216 pp. • 978-0-88740-258-6 • HC • $59.95 / £57.99 / 89.95 CAD The Story of LemWard. Glenn Lawson, Photographs by Tricia Veasy. American wildfowl art owes its foun- dation to LemWard. Growing up in the marshes of the Chesapeake Bay, this wood carver and painter (1896– 1984) overcame severe illness to produce some of the best loved wildfowl art extant today. Here Lem’s life story is told by his daughter, Ida, who was with him for almost the entire span of his artistic career. • 8 1/2’’ x 11’’ (215 x 279mm) •175photos •128pp. •978-0-88740- 028-5 • HC • $35.00 / £33.99 / 53.00 CAD Choptank Odyssey: Celebrating a Great Chesapeake River. Tom Horton, Photography by David W. Harp. Depicts the natural history, human history, science, and culture of the Delmarva Pen- insula’s largest river. Explore the Choptank River from its beginnings at upstream springs and farm ditches to its broad estuary below Cambridge, Mary- land. • 8 1/8" x 9 1/8" (206 x 231 mm) • 156 color photos •160pp. •978-0-7643-5000-9•HC•$34.99 / £33.99 / 51.99 CAD Fly Fishing the Tidewaters of Maryland’s Chesa- peake Bay: A Calendar Year of Stories, Spots, and Recipes. Brett Gaba. Enjoy a thoughtful, rural, and down-to-earth portrait of Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay as seen by an avid fly fisherman. Each chapter is deco- rated with images of rich wood carvings by Danielle Spradley and vintage prints by A. Aubrey Bodine. The stories are punctuated with old wives’ tales and family recipes. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) •37b/w images •256pp. • 978-0-7643-4884-6 • HC • $24.99 / £23.99 / 36.99 CAD Chesapeake Crimes II. Donna Andrews & Maria Y. Lim, Editors. An eclectic mix of mysteries and murders written by members of Chesapeake Sisters in Crime and other award-wining authors in mystery today. A must read for anyone serious about murder mysteries. • 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (139 x 215mm) •168pp. •978-0-87033-582-2•PB•$11.95 / £11.99 / 17.95 CAD A Fright of Ghosts. Helen Chappell. A dead ex-husband drops in on his wife and assists a reporter in solving the mystery of Shellpile Island. Learn about a 300-year-old pirate, why the poverty-stricken residents all have new home additions and new trucks, and if the wife gets lured into a trap or gets out of this one alive. • 41/4"x63/4" (107 x 171mm) •1 illustration•192pp. •978-0-87033-581-5•PB • $9.50 / £9.99 / 14.50 CAD Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay and Other Tales of the Lost Chesapeake. Donald G. Shomette. After President Wilson issued a call to arms against Germany in 1917, the US began to build hundreds of merchant ships. The largest portion of that fleet came to rest on the muddy floor of Mallows Bay. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 71 b/w photos, 14 illustrations, 7 maps • 400 pp. • 978-0- 87033-480-1 • HC • $29.99 / £28.99 / 45.00 CAD Chesapeake Legacy: Tools and Traditions. Larry Chowning. Chesapeake Bay watermen had to be self- sufficient just to take care of their basic needs and make their living on and around the water. Includes tales from the days of fishing under sail, reminiscences from women who survived in the waterman’s world, recipes for salting herring and cooking muskrat, and descriptions of distinctive fishing vessels from bygone eras. • 7" x 10" (177 x 254mm) • 56 illustrations &147 b/wphotos • 320 pp. • 978-0-7643-3595-2 • PB • $29.99 / £28.99 / 45.00 CAD Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake: Maritime Disasters on Chesapeake Bay and its Tributaries, 1608-1978. Donald G. Shomette. Disasters that occurred on the bay and in its tidewater region over a 370-year period spawned tales of bravery, courage, fortitude, cowardice, stupidity, and ineptitude. Liberally illustrated, this book includes a detailed chronology of all known disasters on the bay. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 7 b/w photos, 33 illus. & 8 maps • 336 pp. • 978-0-7643- 3818-2 • PB • $19.99 / £19.99 / 29.99 CAD Chesapeake Rumrunners of the Roaring Twenties. Eric Mills. Prohibition may have been the law of the land, but Chesapeake Bay country was awash in illegal alcohol. Marshes were teeming with hidden stills as bootleg liquor was smuggled throughout the waterways and adjoining countryside by daring men and the law. Read their tales. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) • 67 b/wphotos, 1map • 204 pp. • 978-0-87033-518-1 • HC • $25.95 / £24.99 / 39.95 CAD The James Adams Floating Theatre. C. Richard Gillespie. James E. Adams, a farmer from Michigan, both taught himself to be a circus aerialist and decided to build a showboat that brought excitement and enter- tainment to isolated towns up and down the American East Coast in the early twentieth century. Read the boat’s history from its inception to its demise twenty-seven years later. • 7" x 10" (177 x 254 mm) • 56 b/w photos, 5 maps • 304 pp. • 978-0-87033-416-0 • HC • $28.95 / £27.99 / 44.95 CAD Powerboat Racing on the Chesapeake. William W. Mowbray. The drama of racing and the personalities of those involved are conveyed through first-hand experi- ences at regattas of limited inboard racing classes of the American Power Boat Association (APBA) on the Chesa- peake Bay for more than thirty years. The appendix, listing boat names, owners, and classes, will be of inter- est to enthusiasts who follow their activities. • 6"x9" (152 x 228mm) • 60 b/wphotos • 128 pp. • 978-0-87033-473-3 • PB • $16.95 / £16.99 / 24.95 CAD Chesapeake Almanac: Following the Bay through the Seasons. John Page Williams, Illustrated by Alice Jane Lippson. Fishing enthusiasts discover how to catch more bluefish or white perch, while bird watchers and hikers learn when to look for ospreys and geese. Cruising sailors learn why a great blue heron stalks the shallows in summer, and canoeists discover when to look for wild marsh flowers. Answers many naturalists’ questions and much more! • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 16 illustrations • 248 pp. • 978-0-87033-449-8 • PB • $14.95 / £14.99 / 22.95 CAD Chesapeake Bay: Architecture Chesapeake Bay: Arts & Crafts Chesapeake Bay: Stories, Lore & History | 37