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Title: Beautiful Swimmers : Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay by William W. Warner ISBN: 0-316-92335-4 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 21 March, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.69 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This is a book to share...
Comment: I discovered this book on my brothers bookshelf while visiting the Eastern shore, and read it in two sittings. An absolutely fascinating book on the Bay, the Eastern shore, the blue crab and more. William W. Warner's gifted prose depicts the watermen and their life in a way that is both honest,sympathetic and informative. As a non-native Washingtonian, this book finally explains so many of the mysteries of the bay -- from soft shell crab and how/why they get that way --to Tangier Island and how/why it became so popular. It is the kind of book you immediately want to share with your friends... your family... your lunch bunch... the guy sitting next to you on the subway..
Rating: 5
Summary: Engaging exploration of relationship between man and the sea
Comment: As a recovering 20th-century American lit major, regrettably my reading list (beyond Melville's classic and a certain Hemingway novella) lacked a certain maritime flavor in deference to social issues, the human experience, and anything that could somehow be interpreted as sublime or lead to a seriously insightful opium habit. Having said this, I encourage everyone to read William W. Warner's 'Beautiful Swimmers: Waterman, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay'. In terms of exploring the relationship between humanity and the sea, I have never read anything more eloquent. Its prose is refreshingly simple, but very engaging, with detailed sketches to enhance the authenticity. I've read several books twice, a handful three times. As of last night, 'Beautiful Swimmers' is the only one I've read for a fourth time. Many books (Moby Dick for example) merit more than a single reading mostly because they are too dense to "get" on a first run. It is the rare book that begs for multiple sittings simply because it's a joy to go back to the same words again and again. I'm a voracious reader, read my first novel (Jack London's 'Call of the Wild') when I was seven and have been buried in some book ever since; in my experience, 'Beautiful Swimmers' is one of about six or seven books that fit this "joy to read" category.
Rating: 5
Summary: A lyrical work of art
Comment: This book is a technical wonder of writing. The lyrical beauty of the prose gives it the flow and cadence of poetry but with the straightforward phrasing of journalism. It should be required reading for college literature majors everywhere. I was first exposed to Beautiful Swimmers when it showed up on my son's 9th grade English summer reading list. What a fortunate assignment for mom.
I am in awe of Mr. Warner's skill in crafting spare yet well-thought phrasing that carefully blends the unique local language with technical terminology. You read this book and forget that it is non-fiction, nature writing. It draws you in like a compelling fictional account. Therein lies the success of the book.
Beautiful Swimmers covers the crabbing industry and the impact of this lovely crustacean on the Bay and its economy - a worthy journalistic endeavor. But for me, the real beauty is in the joy of just reading this charming work.
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Title: An Island Out of Time : A Memoir of Smith Island in the Chesapeake by Tom Horton ISBN: 0679781056 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 27 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Life in the Chesapeake Bay by Alice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson ISBN: 080185475X Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: June, 1997 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Chesapeake by James A. Michener ISBN: 0449211584 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 12 April, 1986 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Chesapeake Bay: Nature of the Estuary: A Field Guide by Christopher P. White, Karen Teramura ISBN: 0870333518 Publisher: Tidewater Pub Pub. Date: October, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Water's Way: Life Along the Chesapeake by David W. Harp, Tom Horton ISBN: 0801864267 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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