Water's Way : Life along the Chesapeake

by Harp, David W.; Horton, Tom; Harp, David W.

• ISBN13: 9780801864261
• ISBN10: 0801864267
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-15
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

Summary

Those who know and love the Chesapeake will find the bay they treasure on the pages of "Water's Way: Life along the Chesapeake." The story of one of North America's most fascinating regions unfolds through the sensitive photographs and prose of two men who have studied the Chesapeake all their lives. Photographer David W. Harp and writer Tom Horton vividly portray how, as Horton writes, "the edges where land and water meet charm us all, from watermen to watercolorists and beachcombers to duck hunters." "Water's Way" will guide you to "those rare, hidden nooks of the bay country where nature still appears as glorious and untrammeled as it did a thousand years ago." It will also take you to less hidden, but equally intriguing sites within the Chesapeake's reach as Harp and Horton depict the worlds of both nature and humans.An intimate knowledge of and an unwavering reverence for the bay pervade "Water's Way." Harp and Horton are as attuned to the romance that still clings to the Chesapeake asthey are to the realities that inspire and threaten it. In a time when the region faces tremendous changes and challenges, "Water's Way" is neither strident nor sentimental. Rather, it is suffused with the fundamental respect for the bay which Harp and Horton see as key to its survival."Dave Harp's photography and Tom Horton's text are nothing short of inspirational. Through the combination of each man's art, "Water's Way" communicates the beauty and essence of the Chesapeake like no other book. It conveys the very reasons why I have dedicated my life's work to saving the bay."--William Baker, President, Chesapeake Bay Foundation"Three forces have been hard at work in the making ofthis exquisite piece: the gentle and informed eye of Dave's camera, Tom's inspirited love affair with our language, and the mystery they conspire in, creating a vivid picture and genuine portrait of a life that is greater than ours

Author Biography

David W. Harp saved to acquire his first camera at the age of 12 and has been taking pictures ever since. Former staff photographer for the Baltimore Sun Magazine, Harp has received awards from the Maryland, Delaware, and D.C. Press Association and the National Press Photographers Association. His photography is regularly featured in national environmental and lifestyle magazines. Tom Horton reported on the Chesapeake Bay for the Baltimore Sun for fifteen years before becoming a freelancer in 1987. Horton's first book, Bay Country, won the John Burroughs Medal for our nation's best natural history book of the year.