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This book is a selection of tales from Chesapeake, James Michener’s classic. I enjoyed it, but felt it would have been better to read Chesapeake again - there were too many references to other parts and people. It is based on the watermen of the Patamoke area on the Choptank River, it centres on two main families, the Turlocks and the Cavenys, and tells of their feuds over goose hunting, skipjack fishing boats, dogs and one huge gun called The Twombly.The book is delightfully illustrated with line drawings by John Mott - which you don’t get in Chesapeake. But it has reminded me what a good writer Michener is, and I will certainly be reading Chesapeake again.
