Description
Sailing on the Chesapeake Bay's myriad inlets in summer, it is hard to imagine that come January icebreakers might be plowing the waters you cruised in July.
When portions of the Great Shellfish Bay are iced up the flow of commerce is impeded. At the turn of the 19th century, with the center of the new nation's government established it its arms, a frozen Bay meant that the United States' emergence to a status on par with the foremost nations of the world might be painfully slow. Throughout the 20th century years of extreme cold continued to halt navigation and fishing.
James Foster chronicles the disasters, large and small, which come with the coldest of winters.
Author: James L. Foster
Publisher: History Press
Published: 11/08/2021
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.83h x 5.12w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9781467148696
ISBN10: 1467148695
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,
- Nature | Natural Disasters
- Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection | General