Beautiful Swimmers - Wikipedia
Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay (1976) is a non-fiction book by William W. Warner about the Chesapeake Bay, blue crabs and watermen. The book takes its name from the generic name of the blue crab, Callinectes, which is Greek for "beautiful swimmer." It won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction. As of the time of the author’s death in 2008, the book had never been out of print.
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WEB1 feb. 1976 · Beautiful Swimmers is a classic study of the Atlantic Blue crab and it explores the people of the Chesapeake Bay. The blue crab (Callinectus sapidus) is the beautiful savory swimmer. The jimmies …
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William W. Warner - Wikipedia
William W. Warner (April 2, 1920 – April 18, 2008) was an American biologist and writer. He was awarded the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for his first book Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay, which was based on his experiences living and working among crab fishermen on the Chesapeake.
Warner was a 1943 graduate of Princeton University. During World War II, Warner served in theWikipedia · Tekst onder CC-BY-SA-licentie- Geschatte leestijd: 50 seconden
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WEB"Beautiful Swimmers" is a non-fiction exploration of the Chesapeake Bay and the life of the blue crab. The book combines biology, environmental science, and sociology to …
Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay
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Beautiful Swimmers by William W. Warner | Hachette Book Group
WEBWilliam W. Warner (1920-2008) won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1977 for Beautiful Swimmers. He was a longtime administrator for the Smithsonian Institution in …
Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay
WEB21 mrt. 1994 · William W. Warner (1920-2008) won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1977 for Beautiful Swimmers. He was a longtime administrator for the Smithsonian …
Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay
WEB21 mrt. 1994 · For decades, William Warner's exploration of the Atlantic blue crab and the Chesapeake Bay has delighted thousands of readers and become a modern American …
Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the …
WEBDescription. The classic Pulitzer Prize-winning study of the Atlantic blue crab and the people of the Chesapeake Bay who have depended on it for generations. For decades, William Warner's exploration of the Atlantic …
Chesapeake Bay Week | Beautiful Swimmers: Revisited | PBS
WEB27 apr. 2016 · First published in 1976, William Warner's "Beautiful Swimmers" is a seminal book about watermen, crabs, and the Chesapeake. But today's bay is not the …
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