We would like to alert you to the publication of a new book about the challenges of commercial fishing in a great estuary like Chesapeake Bay:
Skipjack: The Story of America’s Last Sailing Oystermen by Christopher White, published last month by St. Martin’s Press (MacMillan). 372 pages. Photographs. $25.99. Featuring the only wind-powered fishing fleet in North America.
--Richard Adams Carey, Against the Tide
“SKIPJACK is exciting, frustrating, and poignant as a few aging men and boats struggle to keep a remarkable way of life alive just a little longer.”
--Chesapeake Bay Magazine
“The author resists any temptation to romanticize his skipjackers as quaint rustics simply overtaken by the modern world. He listens as they admit that they were often their own worst enemies. But he is just as clear-eyed when observing their virtues: a relentless work ethic, stubborn independence and a cultural taproot to traditions of surpassing humanity.”
--The Washington Post
Description: The dramatic narrative tells the story of the last watermen to captain and crew on oyster dredge boats under sail—beginning with three unforgettable Chesapeake skippers who are followed through a pivotal season—and presents the history and future of oystering and waterman towns in Maryland. As oystermen have become more efficient, abandoning sail and tong, the fishery has become less sustainable. We look toward the remaining skipjacks as the last symbols of sustainability on the Bay.
Skipjack is available at your local bookseller, including independent stores, Barnes & Noble, and Borders, and online at Amazon.com and other leading internet book dealers.
Hope you enjoy the book!
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