Illustrated "coffee table" book which gives a brief history of the early settlement of Chesapeake Bay, The early plantations, growth and decline of fishing settlements along the bay and and overview of the water men whose livelihood from the bay has gradually been diminishing and the ecological problems facing the bay and its oyster production.

Having recently read the excellent "The Man Who Loved Children" by Christina Stead, which was set around Annapolis and refer to the Waterman and th e bay, "Chesapeake Country" provided an interesting overview of a region of which I had little previous knowledge ( )