Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay, (Paperback)

from ABVR

William Warner's Beautiful Swimmers is a classic piece of narrative non-fiction, and a fine introduction to the blue crabs of Chesapeake Bay and the working lives of the "watermen" who pursue them....

from rmarcin

I was asked to read Beautiful Swimmers for our book club. I really enjoyed reading this book about the history of the watermen on the Chesapeake Bay, the blue crab and its life cycles, and the isla...

from SeriousGrace

This book is everything you have ever wanted to know about crabbing in the Chesapeake Bay. Seriously. It's an extensive look at the watermen who make their living hauling up blue crabs. More than a...

from larryerick

So, there you are, in 2017, reading a 1994 reprint edition of a 1977 Pulitzer Prize winning book in non-fiction. You've already lost the interest of millions of potential readers who believe the on...

from JimPratt

This is a truly wonderful book and it is gratifying to know it won a Pulitzer, because its merits are obvious. The story begins as one about the blue crab-beautiful swimmer-but seamlessly shifts fo...