Chesapeake Reflections

by Hall, J. H.

• ISBN13: 9781596297586
• ISBN10: 1596297581
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-21
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

Between the Indian and Dividing Creeks, near the mouth of the Rappahannock River in Virginia's Chesapeake Bay, sits a parcel of land called Bluff Point. Like most bay-front villages, the bountiful resources and majestic landscape of this area that once sustained watermen and sportsmen alike have been depleted as over-harvesting, pollution and continued development have taken their toll, threatening the very legacy of its people. J.H. Hall's family first settled on this land shortly after the Civil War, where they maintained a tradition of farming, fishing and crabbing throughout the twentieth century. Hall's words flow as splendidly as the tides in this collection of personal reminisences and local and natural history celebrating the lives of the watermen before him and the uncertainty surrounding those of today.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 9
Bluff Point, the Big Picture	p. 11
Uncle Harry's Funeral	p. 21
Paradise	p. 27
Groakers, Toads and Rock	p. 37
When the World Was Mine Oyster	p. 43
Otha's Ghost	p. 51
A Brief History of Quail Hunting on Bluff Point	p. 61
Catch-and-Release Gill Netting	p. 75
Hunting versus Poaching	p. 83
Close to Nature	p. 91
Arrowheads	p. 101
Pollution Nostalgia	p. 111
Billy Haynie: A Hopeful Future	p. 117
Sources	p. 127
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