Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
16.03.2027
Verlag
Arcadia Publishing (SC)Seitenzahl
128
Maße (L/B/H)
23.5/16.5/0.8 cm
Gewicht
141 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-4671-6376-7
Readers interested in the culture and customs of the Chesapeake Bay area will love delving into this historical account of watermen traditions, maritime culture, and folk crafts. During the 19th and 20th centuries, commercial fishing customs and gear forms were a part of life in the Chesapeake Bay region. Pound pole horses, one of the last commercial uses of the workhorse in the United States, worked the thick forests of Virginia's Northern Neck, dragging out just the right size poles for installation of pound nets for fisheries. This gear style had been in the region since the late 1800s. Potomac River haul seine fishermen were working gear similar to the way the nation's first president, George Washington, harvested fish. Maryland watermen baited and worked trotlines to catch hard crabs, the same as generations past. Virginia and Maryland oystermen still used 1700s scissor-like shaft tongs for catching oysters, and wind and sail were still used to power Maryland's oyster skipjack fleet--the last commercial fishing sailing fleet in North America. Although beginning to fade, wooden boats and the bay's "wood and water" culture are still alive--a folklife like nowhere else in America.
Larry Shepherd Chowning is a Virginia maritime journalist who has covered the Chesapeake Bay for over half a century and is the author of 13 books--all dealing with the heritage, culture, and folklife of the bay region.
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