Chesapeake almanac

following the bay through the seasons by John Page Williams

Publisher: Tidewater Publishers in Centreville, Md

Written in English

Published: 1993 Pages: 236 Downloads: 423

Places:

Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)

Subjects:

Natural history -- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.),
Seasons -- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-224) and index.

Classifications
Statement	by John Page Williams, Jr. ; illustrations by Alice Jane Lippson.
LC Classifications	QH104.5.C45 W477 1993
The Physical Object
Pagination	xi, 236 p. :
Number of Pages	236
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL1403570M
ISBN 10	0870334492
LC Control Number	93011631
OCLC/WorldCa	28498604

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