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Beautiful Swimmers author dies
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Jon Kukla <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:50:45 -0400
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William W. Warner, Chesapeake Bay Author, Dies at 88
Source: NYT (4-30-08)

William W. Warner, a former administrator at the Smithsonian Institution and
the author of "Beautiful Swimmers," a study of crabs and watermen in the
Chesapeake Bay, which won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction in 1977, died on
April 18 at his home in Washington. He was 88.

The cause was complications of Alzheimer's disease, said his daughter
Alexandra Nash.

A weekend sailor and lifelong nature enthusiast, Mr. Warner spent endless
hours on what he called the "benign and beautiful" waters of the Chesapeake
Bay, which teemed with Atlantic blue crabs and supported 9,000 full-time
watermen when he wrote "Beautiful Swimmers," a blend of history, ecology and
anthropology.
Despite its somewhat rarefied subject, the book captivated critics and
readers.

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A wonderful book!
-- 
Jon Kukla
www.JonKukla.com

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