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In The Workboats of Smith Island, Paula J. Johnson looks extensively at the remarkable variety of boats―documenting in fascinating detail their design, construction, and use―and the watermen who depend on them. Johnson identifies the three vessel types most common on Smith Island today: crab-scraping boats, deadrise workboats, and skiffs. Every Smith Islander, she notes, owns at least one workboat, and many have two or even three, requiring each for a different purpose―harvesting "peelers" (blue crabs in various stages of molting), oystering or crab potting, and providing basic transportation.
Smith Island, is the largest Maryland island in Chesapeake Bay, remains one of the most interesting communities on the Atlantic coast.
Johnson talks with Smith Island's watermen and boatbuilders, as well as their families and neighbors, about the history and future of the island and about the boats that dominate the island's cultural landscape. She includes dozens of photographs and drawings of Smith Island's distinctive watercraft. The result is a singular portrait of a community inextricably linked to the water
Author : Paula J Johnson
Pages 112
SKU: P9720
Smith Island, is the largest Maryland island in Chesapeake Bay, remains one of the most interesting communities on the Atlantic coast.
Johnson talks with Smith Island's watermen and boatbuilders, as well as their families and neighbors, about the history and future of the island and about the boats that dominate the island's cultural landscape. She includes dozens of photographs and drawings of Smith Island's distinctive watercraft. The result is a singular portrait of a community inextricably linked to the water
Author : Paula J Johnson
Pages 112
SKU: P9720
The Work Boats of Smith Island
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