Bibliograph

Maritime Annapolis, a history of watermen, sails & midshipmen, Rosemary Williams

Type

Label

Maritime Annapolis, a history of watermen, sails & midshipmen, Rosemary Williams

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Maritime Annapolis

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Rosemary Williams

Series statement

American chronicles : a History Press series

Sub title

a history of watermen, sails & midshipmen

Summary

With fortunes that have ebbed and flowed with the tides, Annapolis has graced the banks of the Severn River and the Chesapeake Bay since the seventeenth century. Generations have worked the docks, sailed its waters and hunted for Chesapeake Gold--oysters--even as the city became home to a proud military tradition in the United States Naval Academy. Local author Rosemary F. Williams presents a vivid image of Annapolis with tales of violent skirmishes between the dashing Captain Waddell and crews of outlaw oyster poachers, the crabbing rage of the twentieth century, feisty shipwright Benjamin Sallier and the city's Golden Age of Sailing. Williams's fluid prose and stunning vintage images chronicle the maritime history of this capital city and reveal its residents' deep connection to the ever-shifting waters

Target audience

adult

Classification