Chesapeake 1850 - Steamboats & Oyster Wars: The news reader (Paperback)

The life of Ethan Aaron Douglas is chronicled as the ten-year-old joins his grandfather for a life on the Chesapeake Bay. With his grandfather as captain of a steamboat traveling between Norfolk, Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, the boy learns quickly about life on the water. From hurricanes to blue crabs life on the Bay changes quickly. Learning Shakespeare and witnessing a hanging are just part of the life along the river. Ethan Douglas' life brushes past major events in the United States from slavery to the underground railroad and the days leading up to the civil war. How did those who lived along the Potomac deal with active warfare during the War Between the States? Life was always a war on the water with pirates shooting at each other as well as Maryland and Virginia oyster police. Ethan's younger brothers and sisters soon join him as they grow older and become entrepreneurs as the nation's capital city grows and changes. From buyboats to newspapers the lives of the Douglas family become part of the history of the young nation. Oysters were the "white gold" of the east while railroads and shipping competed for freight. This book is the first in the series that will tell the story of life in the tidewater Chesapeake Bay region from 1850 to 1950.

General

Imprint:	Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Steamboats & Oyster Wars: The News Reader, 1
Release date:	October 2012
First published:	October 2012
Illustrators:	F. C. Yohn
Authors:	Elizabeth Mackey
Editors:	Sean Patrick Fox
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	168
ISBN-13:	978-1-4792-3790-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	1-4792-3790-6
Barcode:	9781479237906

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