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Waterfowling on the Chesapeake, 1819-1936 (POD)

  • ISBN-13: 9780801871559
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By C. John Sullivan
  • Price: AUD $95.99
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  • Local release date: 14/07/2003
  • Format: Hardback 232 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History [HB]
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Part documentary, part nostalgic history, and part informational catalogue, Waterfowling on the Chesapeake, 1819-1936 explores a century of hunting on the Chesapeake Bay and its major tributaries–from the heyday of gun clubs and market shooting to the rise of conservation law. Drawing on oral histories and period documents and artifacts, C. John Sullivan, a longtime collector of decoys and hunting paraphernalia and a frequent guest curator of exhibits, looks at the effects of technological change, the relationship between hunter and dog, the recognition of decoys as folk art, and the history of hunting. He also introduces us to famous and lesser-known carvers and others who share an enthusiasm for this feature of Chesapeake cultural history and life.


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

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