new book for sale: Landfall on the Chesapeake

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I ordered one.... actually came to $31...but who cares.... I am anxious to read.... I sure wish El and Bill would write a book.... could be titled
"everywhere a boat will go"
Anyhow... I will let ya all know how it is....


Joel
SEA3PO
 
Can be had for $18 at Amazon.com that saves $22 for gas, or beer, or...

Merv
Kingfisher
 
Correction. Saves $13. Fingers moving fater than brain today, need more coffee..

Merv
Kingfisher
 
C-Brats

I borrowed the above named book from Joel (SEA3PO) at the Lake Powell CBGT. Planned to return it at the Delta/Bay Extravaganza, but forgot. Joel says he doesn't want it back. So it's up for grabs.

I will pass it on to the first one to post that they want to read it. Then they can pass it along to someone else later.

Joel and I agree, it's a so, so read. A lot of whining by an environmentalist, who wishes everything was, as it was in 1609. Also she thinks someone should provide for her needs for free. The parts about Capt. John Smith are interesting. You can get to like the narrative, if you forget the personal agenda.

Not a lot of reference to C-Dory's, after all it was her last choice, when no one would give her a steal on a sailboat.

Brent
 
I would enjoy borrowing the book and reading it, as I've just finished river horse.

should I PM you with my address? I'll pay for shipping

Gary R.
 
Rabbits Hutch

PM me with your name ,address, etc. and I'll get it out to you ASAP.

I'll pay to ship and you do the same for the next borrower.

Brent
 
Again, FWIW.

Sounds a bit so-so, as follows:

Landfall along the Chesapeake: In the Wake of Captain John Smith

FROM THE PUBLISHER
"In 2002, Susan Schmidt retraced John Smith's 1608 voyage on the Chesapeake Bay. In Landfall along the Chesapeake, a cruising guide for Chesapeake boaters and a field log for naturalists, Schmidt compares the beauty of ancestral legacy and childhood memory to her observations on a 100-day voyage in a 22-foot boat." "As Schmidt circles the Bay counterclockwise from Jamestown, she explores Smith's encounters with Native Americans and the Bay's ecological changes over the past hundred years. On each river and creek, she quotes Smith's journals on matching wits with Powhatan, meeting Pocahontas, surviving thunderstorms, ambush, and a stingray's barb. Anchored on wild creeks, Schmidt observes swans and dragonflies, lightning and sunsets; in port she interviews colorful characters and working watermen about blue crabs and oysters." Scientists explain the Bay's nitrogen overload, water-level rise, anoxia, Pfiesteria, Kepone, and the Ghost Fleet. Native American chiefs discuss their heritage then and now. Ashore, Schmidt walks on her ancestor's farm, now a military chemical dump, and climbs her grandfather's lighthouse. Despite her despair at bad air quality and diminished fisheries, and her dread of high wind and rough seas, Schmidt expresses gratitude for small-town hospitality and the navigation skills her father taught her.
 
Hi Brent,

I may be having trouble sending a PM. Please email me at CPTGaryRoss@aol.com and I can gladly send you a return email with my address and a contact phone number.

Thanks so much.
 
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