Skipjack

The Story of America's Last Sailing Oystermen

Christopher White (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

384 Seiten

2011
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-1088-2 (ISBN)

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In Skipjack, Christopher White spends a pivotal year with three memorable captains as they battle man and nature to control the fate of their island villages and oyster fleet. Through these lively characters, White paints a vivid picture of life on a skipjack, a wooden oystering sailboat. But this last vestige of American sailing culture is rapidly dying. These captains must set aside their rivalry to fight for their very livelihood. With so many obstacles, it is not certain the fleet will survive the season. Hinging on its success, the viability of the nation's premiere estuary and the survival of a classic American town hang dangerously in the balance.

Christopher White has written several books and has had articles appear in National Geographic, Exploration, and many other publications.

Prologue
Chapter 1: A Waterman's Summer
Chapter 2: At the Races
Chapter 3: November, Howell Point
Chapter 4: The Water Trades
Chapter 5: December, Gum Thickets
Chapter 6: To the Shucking House
Chapter 7: January, Six Foot Knoll
Chapter 8: The Oyster Wars
Chapter 9: February, the Deep
Chapter 10: The Second Death
Chapter 11: March, Black Walnut Sands
Epilogue
Author's Note
Acknowledgments

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.2.2012
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	141 x 219 mm
Gewicht	494 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	1-4422-1088-5 / 1442210885
ISBN-13	978-1-4422-1088-2 / 9781442210882
Zustand	Neuware