Chesapeake Ferries: A Waterborne Tradition, 1636-2000

Clara Ann Simmons moved to Maryland’s Eastern Shore more than fifty years ago and marveled at the abundance of rivers and creeks and bays. A writer by profession, Simmons became fascinated with water travel in the Chesapeake region and the intricate network of connections “that set the traveler on his way so that he might continue his journey.”

In this engaging and gracefully written narrative, Simmons takes the reader from the earliest days of colonial settlement, when all who journeyed th...