Lord''s Oysters

Informationen zum Autor Gilbert Byron grew up on Maryland's Eastern Shore, a waterman's son like his young hero. A schoolteacher for twenty-eight years, he began writing full time in 1957 and was the author of eleven books. His beloved classic, The Lord's Oysters, is also available from Johns Hopkins. Klappentext Nationally acclaimed when first published in 1957 by Atlantic/Little, Brown, The Lord's Oysters has never previously been available in a paperback edition. While presented as a novel, it captures with vivid fidelity the life of the Chesapeake watermen and their families in the early 20th century.

Product details

• Authors: Gilbert Byron
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.03.1957
• EAN: 9780801819599
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-1959-9
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Maryland Paperback Bookshelf; Maryland Paperback Bookshelf
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature