The Oyster Wars of Chesapeake Bay (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780615182506)

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 commodities on the Atlantic coast. In this book, noted historian and author John Wennersten tells the stories of watermen, law enforcement officers, government officials, Bay scientists, immigrants, and oyster shuckers involved in the oyster trade.

Author: John Wennersten
ISBN-10: 061518250X
ISBN-13: 9780615182506
Publisher: John R Wennersten
Language: English
Published: 11/25/2007
Pages: 164
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d