Chesapeake is a novel by James A. Michener, published by Random House in 1978. The story details with several families living in the Chesapeake Bay area, from 1583 to 1978.
Some of the related subjects this novel touches upon are; The Chesapeake Bay: The Choptank River: Skipjacks: Oysters: Geese: Herons and Ospreys: Big Guns: Trees: Choptank Life: Black History:The Slave Trade and England participation, Frederick Douglass, The Underground Railroad Boat Building: Turkling: Gigging: Little Choptank: Indians: Marshland: Fishing: Tobacco: A historical saga of America in its early years and up to the time of Watergate.
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