My Date With an Oyster

My Date with an Oyster and Other Stories of a D.C. Girl Discovering Chesapeake Country, by prize-winning journalist M.L. Faunce, takes you deep into the heart of legendary Chesapeake Country by two paths.

Path 1: Six Chesapeake Country features introduce you to characters and creatures, capturing threatened icons of the great Bay at singular moments in time. You'll read about oysters, crabs, skipjacks, eagles and carousels-and the men and women who know them intimately.

Path 2: Two-dozen seasonal essays-Earth Journals and personal reflections-share an insider's experience of life in Chesapeake Country and this 20th century playground's close connections with Washington, D.C.

These timeless stories are a must-read for travelers by land, water or imagination.