Chesapeake Ferries A Waterborne Tradition, 16362000

Name: Chesapeake Ferries A Waterborne Tradition, 16362000
Brand: Maryland Historical Society

Maryland Historical Society

Chesapeake Ferries A Waterborne Tradition, 16362000Author(s): CA Simmons\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Maryland Historical Society, United States\nImprint: Maryland Historical Society\nISBN-13: 9780938420781, 978-0938420781\nSynopsis\nClara Ann Simmons moved to Maryland's Eastern Shore more than fifty years ago and marveled at the abundance of rivers and creeks and bays. A writer by profession, Simmons became fascinated with water travel in the Chesapeake region and the intricate network of connections \""that set the traveler on his way so that he might continue his journey.\"" In this engaging and gracefully written narrative, Simmons takes the reader from the earliest days of colonial settlement, when all who journeyed through the region crossed the waterways, to the age of bridge building that forever changed the way people traveled. The reader meets the lone ferry men and women of the eighteenth century as they loaded packs, animals, and travelers on small craft of every type; l.