Skipjack: The Story of America's Last Sailing Oystermen

By Christopher White

Book Overview

In Skipjack, Christopher White spends a pivotal year with three memorable captains as they battle man and nature to control the fate of their island villages and oyster fleet. Through these lively characters, White paints a vivid picture of life on a skipjack, a wooden oystering sailboat.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442210885
• ISBN13: 9781442210882
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.3"