Maryland's Vanishing Lives |
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| Author:
| Sherwood, John |
| Photographer:
| Remsberg, Edwin H. |
| Series title: | Maryland Paperback Bookshelf Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-5249-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1995 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $80.99 |
Book Description:
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''Wistful, beautiful, elegiac . . . A handsome collection of essays and photographs that celebrates the lives of pigeon racers and elevator operators, oyster packers and barrel makers, sailmakers and boat builders, fishermen and blacksmiths. A kind of 'let us praise famous men' (and women), it celebrates blue collars and skinned knuckles, the ......
''Wistful, beautiful, elegiac . . . A handsome collection of essays and photographs that celebrates the lives of pigeon racers and elevator operators, oyster packers and barrel makers, sailmakers and boat builders, fishermen and blacksmiths. A kind of 'let us praise famous men' (and women), it celebrates blue collars and skinned knuckles, the ......