Over 250 photos reveal the beauty of Virginias James River. Explore the rivers majesty and beauty from its humble beginnings on private property to the point where it meets one of the nations busiest seaports. Learn about the historical significance of this beautiful natural resource through anecdotal notes and period photographs.

More than 250 beautiful color photos, anecdotal text, and historical perspective make this a lively read. Enjoy the majesty of Virginia's beautiful rivers, from the famous James and Appomattox to the aptly named Cowpasture and Blackwater. Explore hundreds of scenic locations from the storied Shenandoah Valley to Hampton Roads and the Chesapeake Bay. Voyage along the mighty Potomac and rest beside the serene Blackwater Swamp, and more. Twenty-eight rivers are discussed, giving useful details about these historic waterways and their recreation potential. Interesting ports of call along these...

You don't have to be a boy to enjoy this collection of Lowcountry boyhood adventure stories from the 1950s-adventures that modern-day boys can only dream of. Follow Eddie and his pals at the mortar battery, the dump, Goat Island, community center, and the baseball diamond. Share Eddie's fears as he is stranded in the darkness, faces a ghost after breaking into the wrong summer house, finds a monkey on the beach, and fights with bigger boys. Laugh at Eddie's adventures and misadventures with the ladies, and share his embarrassment as he falls in love with the shrimp boat captain's wife....

Every photographer wants to make beautiful images, and this book is the "how-to" guide for beautiful riverscape photographs. Discover the tools necessary for beautiful digital images of your favorite river, including equipment, shooting techniques, composition, exposure, file management, processing photos, and your choices of software. The book began life as a "tips" chapter in the back of the author's first book of river photographs. People who are not professional photographers commented on how the tips helped them, so the author expanded the work into this book. Rivers are popular subjects...

More than 250 photos, anecdotal text, and historical perspectives reveal the majesty and beauty of this vital East Coast water source. Explore hundreds of scenic locations from its beginning in the Catskill Mountains to its journey through the Delaware Bay and drainage into the Atlantic Ocean. Along its path, the Delaware touches the lives of millions of people in four states. Stand on the spot where the river begins in Hancock, New York; where George Washington and his army crossed the river in 1776 to defeat the Hessians at Trenton, New Jersey; where William Penn founded the colony that...