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Overview
"Must reading in a city that reinvented itself by seeking itsharbor roots." — Baltimore Magazine.
"Mr. Horton — a Baltimore journalist who has developed a devoted but hitherto local following — ventures into a small, distinguished circle of nature writers. Fans of Aldo Leopold, John McPhee and Sigurd Olson won't be disappointed. This is not merely a book for those who already know the Chesapeake, although they will be enchanted by Tom Horton's vast knowledge, narrative skills and eye for detail. Like the true bay native he is, Mr. Horton uses the Chesapeake as a limitless resource from which to harvest a great bounty of observations about politics, nature, and human beings." — New York Times Book Review.
"Sailing down the Chesapeake in this book is bracing, for Horton is knowledgeable, thoughtful, full of wonder about the natural world and outspoken... As Smith Islanders might say, it's a 'right smart' book." — Washington Post.
Maryland Paperback Bookshelf.
Winner of the 1988 John Burroughs Medal, this is a personal and lyrical portrait of the places and people of Chesapeake Bay.
Synopsis
"Must reading in a city that reinvented itself by seeking itsharbor roots." — Baltimore Magazine.
"Mr. Horton — a Baltimore journalist who has developed a devoted but hitherto local following — ventures into a small, distinguished circle of nature writers. Fans of Aldo Leopold, John McPhee and Sigurd Olson won't be disappointed. This is not merely a book for those who already know the Chesapeake, although they will be enchanted by Tom Horton's vast knowledge, narrative skills and eye for detail. Like the true bay native he is, Mr. Horton uses the Chesapeake as a limitless resource from which to harvest a great bounty of observations about politics, nature, and human beings." — New York Times Book Review.
"Sailing down the Chesapeake in this book is bracing, for Horton is knowledgeable, thoughtful, full of wonder about the natural world and outspoken... As Smith Islanders might say, it's a `right smart' book." — Washington Post.
Maryland Paperback Bookshelf.
Library Journal
Bay Country chronicles changes in the lands and waters of the Chesapeake Bay. During the past century, human influence has decreased the base-line populations of geese, eels, crabs, and trees. As Horton points out, we no longer miss these living things be cause they have never been abundant in our lifetimesa tragedy of both ecological and human dimensions. His lyrical and understandable prose will convince doubters of the need to consider the diverse consequences of their actions. Horton, a native of the Chesapeake's Eastern Shore, has been an environmental writer for the Baltimore Sun. Highly recommended. James R. Karr, Smithsonian Tropi cal Research Inst., Balboa, Panama