Chesapeake People
Don Parks
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
Chesapeake People looks into the lives of a variety of intriguing citizens who call the Eastern Shore home. Among them are scientists, watermen, an educator, a world class sailor and a minister. Their fascinating stories are not only entertaining but offer insight into a special lifestyle. Except for four years in the military, Don Parks has lived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland his entire life. The son of a waterman, Parks began to seriously explore the Chesapeake Bay and its people following his retirement. The Chesapeake has always been one of his passions.
Product Details
Price
$15.95
$14.83
Publisher
Secant Publishing LLC
Publish Date
January 14, 2016
Pages
160
Dimensions
5.4 X 8.4 X 0.5 inches | 0.5 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780996574464
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About the Author
Don Parks has written five previous nonfiction books on the history and heritage of the Chesapeake Bay. Two of them--Chesapeake Splendor and Chesapeake Winds and Tides--recount his travels on the Bay in the 25-foot Yankee Rover. He is the descendant of several generations of watermen who lived on Holland Island, since abandoned to rising water levels. With the exception of a brief departure for military service, he spent his entire career on the Eastern Shore, working as a professional educator.
Reviews
From his literary kitchen Don Parks serves a savory oyster stew of memorable characters who enrich, and whose lives are enriched, by their comings and goings on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. -- Jack O'Brien "Retired editor of weeklies in Dorchester, Caroline, Queen Anne's and Talbot Counties. A former AP writer, who also served as copy editor for theBaltimore Sun"
Don Parks brings the Chesapeake region to life through the words of people who love this beautiful and isolated part of the world. -- Dick Cooper "Pulitzer Prize-Winning journalist and author of East of the Chesapeake: Skipjacks, Flyboys and Sailors, True Tales of the Eastern Shore"
Don Parks brings the Chesapeake region to life through the words of people who love this beautiful and isolated part of the world. -- Dick Cooper "Pulitzer Prize-Winning journalist and author of East of the Chesapeake: Skipjacks, Flyboys and Sailors, True Tales of the Eastern Shore"
