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The A.J. Meerwald and New Jersey's oyster industry / Constance McCart & Rachel Rodgers Dolhanczyk.
Lippincott Library HD9472.O83 N56 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCart, Constance L., author.
- Dolhanczyk, Rachel Rodgers, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oyster industry--New Jersey--History.
- Oyster industry.
- Schooners--New Jersey.
- Schooners.
- History.
- New Jersey.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 142 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : The History Press , 2021.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The Meerwald Family and the A.J. Meerwald
- The Meerwald Family
- The Ship the A.J. Meerwald
- Troubled Times
- 2. Schooners and Shipyards
- Building the Boats
- Schooner as Soul
- The Crew
- 3. Restoring the Meerwald
- The Early Days
- The Schooner Project
- 4. Oysters
- First Cultivation
- How the Oyster Got to Be King
- The Town of Port Norris and Its Village, Bivalve
- Oyster Wars
- The Introduction of Shucking and the African American Community
- Oyster Research and the Demise of the Industry
- 5. The Bayshore Center and the Meerwald Today
- Why Is the Bayshore Area So Important?
- Shipboard and Shore-Based Education
- Shipping Sheds
- The Community
- Volunteering
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781467147941
- 146714794X
- OCLC:
- 1288687466
- Publisher Number:
- 99989315912
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