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  • Chesapeake 1880

  • Steamboats & Oyster Wars: The News Reader, Book 2
  • Written by: Ken Rossignol
  • Narrated by: Paul J. McSorley
  • Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins

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Chesapeake 1880

Written by: Ken Rossignol
Narrated by: Paul J. McSorley
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Publisher's Summary

Life in the Chesapeake region for the family of Ethan Aaron Douglas, from steamboats to newspapers, struggles of immigrants and the changes brought by the industrial revolution. The simple life of watermen and challenges of weather, fire and disaster in the era of 1880 to 1910 brought to life for the reader from a life-long resident of the Tidewater region. Catch up on the latest events from around the Chesapeake as told by the News Readers on the steamboats of the Old Bay Line to the passengers.

©2014 Kenneth C. Rossignol (P)2014 Kenneth C. Rossignol

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