 Cover of first edition, art by Consuelo Hanks | |
| Author | William W. Warner |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | Back Bay Books |
Publication date | 1976 |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 0-316-92326-5 |
| OCLC | 1659680 |
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. [1] As of the time of the author’s death in 2008, the book had never been out of print. [2]
