TY - BOOK ID - 78071300 TI - Chesapeake gold : man & oyster on the Bay AU - Brait, Susan AU - Lippson, Alice Jane PY - 1990 SN - 0813158850 9780813158853 1322596824 9781322596822 0813132622 PB - Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, DB - UniCat KW - Oyster culture KW - Fishers KW - Oyster fisheries KW - Farming, Oyster KW - Oyster farming KW - Bivalve culture KW - Fisheries KW - Anglers KW - Fishermen KW - Persons KW - Chesapeake Bay region (Md. and Va.) KW - Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) KW - E-books KW - Sports persons KW - Sportspersons UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78071300 AB - The figure of an old man poling a skiff toward shore against the evening light engaged Susan Brait to learn about Chesapeake Bay, and it is that image which opens this her book on the oystermen of the Bay and the sapping of their traditional life, and even the bounty of the Bay itself, by the demands of American society.With directness and poetic economy Brait takes the reader into the life of the Bay and into the complex relationships that affect oysters and those who make their living from them. Her account weaves easily from the daily work of oystermen to the natural forces that have shaped ER -