Chesapeake

Chesapeake
ISBN-10
0394502027
ISBN-13
9780394502021
Series
Chesapeake
Category
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Pages
865
Language
English
Published
1978
Publisher
Random House (NY)
Author
James Albert Michener

Description

A novel concerned with the history of the Chesapeake Bay area, following the lives of fictional Indians and white settlers and their descendants.

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