While the Eastern Shore’s history has received special attention from a host of gifted writers over last few centuries, it is still pretty unique to have a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist spending three intense years tracking down both the well-known and the not so well-known stories of the Shore.
That is exactly what Dick Cooper, a former editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, has been doing, with the results recently published as a collection of 23 essays entitled, “East of the Chesapeake: Skipjacks, Flyboys and Sailors True Tales of the Eastern Shore.” Cooper introduces readers to the special places of the Eastern Shore and the people who call them home, the boats they sail and the traditions that make them and the region uniquely American.
In his interview with the Spy, the author talks about his exhaustive documentation of the building and restoration of the famed skipjack Rosie Parks at the Chesapeake Bay Martine Museum, the first plans for the C&D Canal, the curious tale of Two Johns, Maryland, and an overview of some other stories in his recent collection.
This video is approximately ten minutes in length. Currently, the book is only available as an e-book via Amazon. Readers can purchase it here
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