A wonderful book indeed, Jon--surely one of the finest ever written about the
Chesapeake region and the natural world that shapes and sustains it.

Thanks for letting us know this sad news.  

--Jurretta Heckscher

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:50:45 -0400, Jon Kukla <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>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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