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1976 nonfiction book by William W. Warner
Beautiful Swimmers
Cover of first edition, art by Consuelo Hanks
AuthorWilliam W. Warner
LanguageEnglish
GenreNonfiction
PublisherBack Bay Books
Publication date1976
Pages304
ISBN0-316-92326-5
OCLC1659680

Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay (1976) is a nonfiction book by William W. Warner about the Chesapeake Bay, blue crabs and watermen. The book takes its name from the generic name of the blue crab, Callinectes, which is Greek for "beautiful swimmer." It won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. As of the time of the author’s death in 2008, the book had never been out of print.

References

  1. "Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Nonfiction" (web). pulitzer.org. Archived from the original on 24 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
  2. Grimes, William (2008-04-30). "William W. Warner, Chesapeake Bay Author, Dies at 88". New York Times. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  • William W. Warner. Beautiful Swimmers. The Atlantic Monthly Press and Little, Brown Books. 1976. ISBN 0-316-92326-5

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