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Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle Brown & Company
ISBN-100316923354
ISBN-139780316923354
eBay Product ID (ePID)41856
Product Key Features
Book TitleBeautiful Swimmers : Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAnimals / Marine Life, Ecosystems & Habitats / Coastal Regions & Shorelines, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas
Publication Year1994
FeaturesReprint
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, History
AuthorWilliam W. Warner
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight10.4 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"William W. Warner's book on blue crabs is called Beautiful Swimmers , and beautiful is the word for it. Other words for it are elegant, moving, informative, and provocative...His book, so meticulously researched and gracefully written, is a small work of art and a large joy for the reader."-- Sports Illustrated
Afterword byWarner, William W.
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisWilliam Warner exhibits his skill as a naturalist and as a writer in this Pulitzer Prize-winning study of the pugnacious Atlantic blue crab and of its Chesapeake Bay territory. Penguin Nature Library., The classic Pulitzer Prize-winning study of the Atlantic blue crab and the people of the Chesapeake Bay who have depended on it for generations. For decades, William Warner's exploration of the Atlantic blue crab and the Chesapeake Bay has delighted thousands of readers and become a modern American classic. Nature enthusiasts and fans of fine literature alike will find Beautiful Swimmers a timeless and enchanting study in the tradition of Rachel Carson and Annie Dillard. In these pages, we are immersed not only in the world of the Chesapeake's most intriguing crustaceans, but in the winds and tides of the Bay itself and the struggles of the watermen who make their living in pursuit of the succulent, pugnacious blue crab. "This is a book of rare grace and meditation, one that ranges from adventure to zoology, with no small measure of mystery and history." -- Miami Herald " Beautiful Swimmers is wonderful to read and a distinguished addition to our literature." --Larry McMurtry
