The Nanticoke: Portrait of a Chesapeake River

摘要

Once again marrying photography with prose, the authors capture the natural beauty and rich history of the Nanticoke River, one of the Chesapeake's least-known waterways. More than 100 color photographs reveal unspoiled waters rarely glimpsed other than by Native Americans, tugboat captains, naturalists,rnand commercial watermen. The Nanticoke makes clear the urgency of preserving this vital but fragile ecosystem. Despite rampant development and agricultural abuse, the Nanticoke remains one of the most pristine rivers of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, looking much as it did when Captain John Smith first sailed its waters 400 years ago.