Showcasing the evocative artwork created by John Moll for this special edition, James A. Michenerโs The Watermen is a unique tribute to the adventurous seafarers of the Chesapeake Bay. Excerpted from the Pulitzer Prizeโwinning authorโs classic Chesapeake, this enthralling novel has a unity and a spirit all its own, telling the story of the bay and its wildlife, but especially of the watermen, from their favorite pastimes to their rivalries in hunting, oystering, racing, and fighting. Gorgeously illustrated, brilliantly conceived, The Watermen is a narrative and visual feast from one of Americaโs favorite storytellers.
Praise for Chesapeake _
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โAnother of James Michenerโs great mines of narrative, character and lore.โ*โ The Wall Street Journal_*
โ[A] marvelous panorama of history seen in the lives of symbolic people of the ages . . . an emotionally and intellectually appealing book.โ*โThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution _
โMichenerโs most ambitious work of fiction in theme and scope.โ*โ The Philadelphia Inquirer_**
โMagnificently written . . . one of those rare novels that is enthusiastically passed from friend to friend.โโAssociated Press