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{{Short description|1976 nonfiction book by William W. Warner}}

{{Short description|1976 nonfiction book by William W. Warner}}

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””’Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay””’ (1976) is a nonfiction book by [[William W. Warner]] about the [[Chesapeake Bay]], [[Callinectes sapidus|blue crabs]] and [[watermen]]. The book takes its name from the [[genus|generic]] name of the blue crab, ”[[Callinectes]]”, which is Greek for “beautiful swimmer.” It won the 1977 [[Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction]].<ref name=”Pulitzer”>{{cite web|title=Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Nonfiction|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224184433/http://www.pulitzer.org/|archivedate=24 February 2008|accessdate=2008-02-28|publisher=pulitzer.org|format=web}}</ref> As of the time of the author’s death in 2008, the book had never been out of print.<ref>{{cite news |last=Grimes |first=William |date=2008-04-30 |title=William W. Warner, Chesapeake Bay Author, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/books/30warner.html |work=New York Times |location= |access-date=2024-03-05}}</ref>

””’Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay””’ (1976) is a nonfiction book by [[William W. Warner]] about the [[Chesapeake Bay]], [[Callinectes sapidus|blue crabs]] and [[watermen]]. The book takes its name from the [[genus|generic]] name of the blue crab, ”[[Callinectes]]”, which is Greek for “beautiful swimmer.” It won the 1977 [[Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction]].<ref name=”Pulitzer”>{{cite web|title=Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Nonfiction|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224184433/http://www.pulitzer.org/|archivedate=24 February 2008|accessdate=2008-02-28|publisher=pulitzer.org|format=web}}</ref> As of the time of the author’s death in 2008, the book had never been out of print.<ref>{{cite news |last=Grimes |first=William |date=2008-04-30 |title=William W. Warner, Chesapeake Bay Author, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/books/30warner.html |work=New York Times |location= |access-date=2024-03-05}}</ref>

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{{Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction}}

{{Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction}}

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[[Category:1976 non-fiction books]]

[[Category:1976 non-fiction books]]