Defenses of Narragansett Bay in World War II
Author : Walter K. Schroder
Publisher :
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 48,50 MB
Release : 1980
Category :
ISBN :
A Cruising Guide to Narragansett Bay and the South Coast of Massachusetts: Including Buzzard's Bay, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and Block Island
Author : Patrick Childress
Publisher : International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 28,44 MB
Release : 1995-10-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780070163041
Book Description
Between Long Island Sound and the elbow of Cape Cod lies a richly varied cruising ground. A Cruising Guide to Narragansett Bay and the South Coast of Massachusetts is the definitive cruising guide to these waters. Its coverage extends to the headwaters of Narragansett Bay and miles offshore to the solitude of Block Island and Nantucket. Longtime area boaters Lynda and Patrick Childress and Tink Martin take you on a personal tour with all you need for a day, a weekend, or several weeks of cruising. They provide essential information on weather, tides, currents, and pilotage, as well as the availability of moorings and the closest place to pick up provisions. The unique harbor rating system shows at a glance what each anchorage offers in facilities, protection, beauty, and interest. Maps and charts help negotiate tricky channels or find that hidden marina. When you've dropped anchor and are sitting back in the cockpit after a day's cruising, the guide continues to inform you, pointing out places to go for food and entertainment, where to find hiking trails, picnic and fishing spots, wildlife sanctuaries, museums, and more. In addition, the authors give cruisers the historical context in which to view the passing scenery, and they impart a deep affection for the region's unique character.
Saving Narragansett Bay
Author : Todd McLeish
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 47,67 MB
Release : 2020-05-22
Category :
ISBN : 9780578655697
Book Description
Save The Bay's Uncommon Guide to Common Life of Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Coastal Waters
Author : Donna M. De Forbes
Publisher :
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 14,24 MB
Release : 2008-12-16
Category : Birds
ISBN : 9780615229010
Book Description
Save The Bay's Uncommon Guide to Common Life of Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Coastal Waters serves as a bridge between the people who use and enjoy Narragansett Bay and some of the more common plants, invertebrates, fish, birds and marine mammals that share our Bay. This 2nd edition reflects the expanded scope of Save The Bay's work - we have moved from a focus on Narragansett Bay itself to the whole region, including the unique and intimately connected freshwater tributaries and coastal marine waters of Rhode Island. Each plant or creature has its own entry with a beautiful illustration and a text description. Save The Bay's Uncommon Guide is an educational tool for both children and adults to use for learning about Narragansett Bay.
A History of the Narraganset Tribe of Rhode Island
Author : Robert A. Geake
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 15,48 MB
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1614238421
Book Description
The story of the indigenous people in what would become Rhode Island, their encounters with Europeans, and their return to sovereignty in the twentieth century. Before Roger Williams set foot in the New World, the Narragansett farmed corn and squash, hunted beaver and deer, and harvested clams and oysters throughout what would become Rhode Island. They also obtained wealth in the form of wampum, a carved shell that was used as currency along the eastern coast. As tensions with the English rose, the Narragansett leaders fought to maintain autonomy. While the elder Sachem Canonicus lived long enough to welcome both Verrazzano and Williams, his nephew Miatonomo was executed for his attempts to preserve their way of life and circumvent English control. Historian Robert A. Geake explores the captivating story of these Native Rhode Islanders.
Home Waters
Author : Elizabeth Devlin
Publisher :
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 21,34 MB
Release : 2020-11-02
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
On windswept Narragansett Bay, an oceanographer and his personal nemesis--linked by two little girls--fight ecological disaster and their own demons. He has a deep hole in his heart ... can his fight to protect the ocean fill it? World-famous oceanographer Becket Fallon plunged himself into work after his son's death. But just when he discovers toxic algae threatens the entire East Coast, his sharp tongue costs him his research funding. And as he struggles to find a solution, the three-year-old grandchildren he's felt duty-bound to avoid show up on his doorstep... in the arms of their attractive step-aunt Lainey Carmichael. When he refuses to take in the orphaned twins, Lainey makes him an irresistible offer: Let them stay for the summer, and she'll secure fresh sponsors. Stunned when she succeeds, he loses himself in the environmental battle. He's terrified he'll only repeat past mistakes if he lets his new houseguests wriggle their way into his life and heart. Can Becket save the ocean he loves ... and the family he never felt he deserved? If you like tormented heroes, romantic entanglements, and stories of redemption, scroll up and BUY NOW.
The History and Future of Narragansett Bay
Author : Capers Jones
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,56 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 1581129114
Book Description
The book covers 10,000 years of the history of Narragansett Bay. Topics include the geology of the Bay, paleo-Indians, pre-Colombian exploration, Indian Tribes living near the Bay, and the economic history and future of the Bay region.
Science of Ecosystem-based Management
Author : Alan Desbonnet
Publisher : Springer Series on Environmental Management
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 29,8 MB
Release : 2008-02
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Book Description
In the U.S., approximately two-thirds of the coastal rivers and bays are moderately to severely degraded from nutrient pollution. The contributors to this book use long-term data sets to discuss the interactions among biological, ecological, chemical, and physical processes, and discuss what is known about nutrient inputs to the bay ecosystem, the impacts related to nutrient inputs, and how the ecosystem might respond to a sudden reduction in these inputs.
Between Land and Sea
Author : Christopher L. Pastore
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 19,75 MB
Release : 2014-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0674281411
Book Description
Christopher Pastore traces how Narragansett Bay’s ecology shaped the contours of European habitation, trade, and resource use, and how littoral settlers in turn, over two centuries, transformed a marshy fractal of water and earth into a clearly defined coastline, which proved less able to absorb the blows of human initiative and natural variation.
Harvesting the Bay
Author : Ray Huling
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 38,7 MB
Release : 2012-07-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0762787090
Book Description
“If we mean to change our ways, how will we do it? How will we make our food and our system of food production healthy, sustainable, and secure? How will we make them, in a word, sane? Who will do this work?” Ray Huling knows the hard realities of shellfishing. His father and grandfathers were shellfishermen on Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay, laborers in an age-old trade. Because he grew up surrounded by quahaugers, the industry is in his blood and the drive to keep it sustainable is what makes up his family history. In Harvesting the Bay, Huling answers these pressing questions and delivers a moving portrait of the men and women who work the waters of the Atlantic Coast in the harsh environment of the shellfishing industry. Huling argues that any successful sustainable food enterprise will likely resemble shellfishing in Rhode Island, an industry that has existed sustainably for over 150 years, with its complex system of governance, its fierce and obsessive workforce, and its conflicts within communities and between generations. This thought-provoking book sets the complexities of sustainable food production against a heartwarming story of one family’s enduring years of work on the seas.
