Eastern Shore Books and Chesapeake Bay Guides

Here's our selection of Eastern Shore books and Chesapeake Bay guides. Please enjoy our list, and give a gift of the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia! Our gifts are offered in association with Amazon.com, the most trusted name in ecommerce.

Maryland/Delaware Atlas & Gazetteer
by Delorme
The map book for the Eastern Shore. Just the thing for planning trips and finding interesting places to visit. Nuff said.

Weekend Walks on the Delmarva Peninsula
by Jay Abercrombie
Hikes in Delaware and the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia. There are two best ways to explore the Shore -- on foot and in a boat. This is the guide to exploring on foot. Includes lots of choices ... from short walks to long backpacking trips. Natural areas, historic sites, beaches and more await.

Cruising the Chesapeake: A Gunkholer's Guide
by William H Shellenberger
Acclaimed as the ultimate guide to uncrowded anchorages, Cruising the Chesapeake is the reference of choice among sailors and powerboaters seeking to avoid the beaten path. Suggested cruises and full information on all the harbors. This 3rd Edition has been expanded to include coverage of the Atlantic coasts of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and the Eastern Shore of Virginia, including Delaware Bay. Readers get a cruise planner for short or long itineraries, an expansive catalog of GPS coordinates, and major updates to all piloting and shoreside facilities. 512 pages.

Chesapeake Bay - Ports of Call and Anchorages
by Tom Henschel, Photos by Lucien Miner
Aerial photography is so cool. This book is a collection of low altitude aerial photographs of Chesapeake Bay ports and anchorages. Beautiful, sharp and colorful photos. And the photos are annotated to show the locations of marinas and restaurants. An excellent way to prepare for a trip or to do a little dreaming. A brief written description of each port is also included, but the photos are the star of this book.

Chesapeake Bay Cooking
by John Shields
Learn how to prepare 190 recipes including rockfish and gumbos, duck and Maryland fried chicken, beaten biscuits and the famous Lady Baltimore cake. Best of all, you'll learn everything you need to know about the undisputed star of Chesapeake cuisine - crabs. Companion book to a public television series.

Wild Horses of the Dunes
by Rich Pomerantz
More than 100 photos and text about the the beauty of the wild horses living on Assateague Island, a 23 mile long strip of land lying in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Maryland and Virginia. These are the same horses made famous in Marguerite Henry's classic children's book Misty of Chincoteague and the annual Chincoteague pony swim and auction.