The Oyster Wars of Chesapeake Bay

Eastern Branch Press is pleased to announce the new paperback edition of John R. Wennersten's The Oyster Wars of Chesapeake Bay. In the decades following the Civil War, Chesapeake Bay became the scene of a life and death struggle to harvest the oyster, one of the most valuable commodi-ties on the Atlantic coast. In this book, noted historian and author John Wennersten tells the stories of wa-termen, law enforcement officers, government officials, Bay scientists, immi-grants, and oyster shuckers involved in the oyster trade.

Author: John Wennersten
Publisher: John R Wennersten
Published: 12/19/2007
Pages: 164
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d
ISBN13: 9780615182506
ISBN10: 061518250X
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | General

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