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He introduces us to famous and lesser-known carvers and others who share an enthusiasm for this feature of Chesapeake cultural history and life.

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Contents:Acknowledgments Prologue On Entering the Becks' GarageTales From the Days of Plenty The Gunning Clubs Shooting Methods The Era of the Sinkbox Chesapeake Bay Retrievers Waterfowling Firearms Protecting a Maryland Tradition Legislative Time LineFolk Art Duck Decoys In the Shop of Paul Gibson Collecting Decoys in Harford County Branded Decoys Teal of the Upper Chesapeake A Whiteness of SwansPortraits of Carvers Charles Nelson Barnard Robert F. McGaw, Jr. Samuel Treadway Barnes The Hollys of Havre de Grace The Grahams of Charleston The Crisfield Carvers The Unknown CarverEpilogue Advice to a CollectorAppendix Maryland Decoy Carvers Sources Index

Waterfowling on the Chesapeake 18191936

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 27 June 2003
      ISBN-13 9780801871559
      978-0801871559
      ISBN-10 0801871557
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      Applied ecology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      He introduces us to famous and lesser-known carvers and others who share an enthusiasm for this feature of Chesapeake cultural history and life.

      Table of Contents
      Contents:Acknowledgments Prologue On Entering the Becks' GarageTales From the Days of Plenty The Gunning Clubs Shooting Methods The Era of the Sinkbox Chesapeake Bay Retrievers Waterfowling Firearms Protecting a Maryland Tradition Legislative Time LineFolk Art Duck Decoys In the Shop of Paul Gibson Collecting Decoys in Harford County Branded Decoys Teal of the Upper Chesapeake A Whiteness of SwansPortraits of Carvers Charles Nelson Barnard Robert F. McGaw, Jr. Samuel Treadway Barnes The Hollys of Havre de Grace The Grahams of Charleston The Crisfield Carvers The Unknown CarverEpilogue Advice to a CollectorAppendix Maryland Decoy Carvers Sources Index

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