{"product_id":"confluence-scott-jost-9781960521132","title":"Confluence: Rivers and Streams in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe diversity, beauty, and complexity of the Chesapeake Bay watershed through amazing photos\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States and the third-largest in the world. Its watershed extends some 64,000 square miles into six states (West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, and Delaware) and the District of Columbia and is home to more than 18 million people. The Bay's watershed is also home to one-third of the Atlantic migratory bird population, some 2,700 plant species, and more than 500 finfish and shellfish species. Chesapeake Bay and its watershed are quite simply a national and regional natural treasure. Yet it is threatened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScott Jost has traversed nearly every corner of the Bay and its watershed since 2008, focusing on the notable confluences of rivers, streams, and creeks that comprise the watershed. Using multiframe panoramas, Jost presents an incredible array of scenes, all of which capture the \"confluence\" and \"interface\" between the natural and cultural landscapes that define the Bay and our place in it. No artist has rendered a region so thoroughly or so artfully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConfluence\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a book of art. It features ten essays and ten commentaries by some of the Bay's most notable scientists, curators, scholars, writers, activists, river keepers, and political and spiritual leaders. The integration of photographs and text simulate a huge stained-glass image of Chesapeake Bay and its fifty major rivers and more than 100,000 tributaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDistributed for George F. Thompson Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Jost\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1960521136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781960521132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e George F. Thompson Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Scott Jost","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49001716154623,"sku":"9781960521132","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/confluence-scott-jost-9781960521132","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}