Tidewater

Tidewater Triumph: The Development and Worldwide Success of the Chesapeake Bay Pilot Schooner

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The fast, agile pilot schooners of Chesapeake Bay – employed not only for piloting but for cargo-carrying – began to build their legend in the eighteenth century, becoming blockade runners during the American Revolution, privateering vessels during the War of 1812, armed dispatch and policing vessels for European navies, and a favored type for the activities of pirates, smugglers and slavers. Variations on the final “clipper” model of the Baltimore schooner continue… More >>

Tidewater Triumph: The Development and Worldwide Success of the Chesapeake Bay Pilot Schooner

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The Last Steam Railroad in America: From Tidewater to Whitetop

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Between 1955 and 1959, Link traveled up and down the Norfolk & Western’s divisions, taking pictures of the trains, towns, and people who worked on the railroad and lived beside it. Published here for the first time are photographs he made in daylight, as well as at night and on the branches of the railroad not covered in his first book, Steam, Steel & Stars. 124 photos, 100 in duotone, 24 in full color…. More >>

The Last Steam Railroad in America: From Tidewater to Whitetop

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Material Culture in Anglo-America: Regional Identity and Urbanity in the Tidewater, Lowcountry, and Caribbean

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Material Culture in Anglo-America examines the extent to which regions project cultural identities through the material forms of objects, buildings, and constructed environments. Utilizing more than 130 illustrations and essays by scholars representing a variety of disciplines, this volume explores the material constitution of the West Indies, Carolina lowcountry, and Chesapeake Tidewater—three historically related regions that shared strong likenesses in culture,… More >>

Material Culture in Anglo-America: Regional Identity and Urbanity in the Tidewater, Lowcountry, and Caribbean

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