Chesapeake Sailing Craft: Recollections of Robert H. Burgess

Thirty years have passed since the 1975 publication of Robert H. Burgess’s classic Chesapeake Sailing Craft, and while the original edition of this book has been out of print for many years, this new expanded edition brings alive the author’s photographs and recollections for a new generation of readers. Within these pages, Burgess presents a rare photographic record of the period 1925-1975, depicting the bay sailing craft from log canoe to four—masted schooner. Robert H. Burgess’s photogra...