<p><figure id="attachment_2682" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2682" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chesapeake-1850-Steamboats-Oyster-ebook/dp/B008KPA7N2/ref=sr_1_11_title_1_kin?s=books&;ie=UTF8&;qid=1379257891&;sr=1-11"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Poppa-Francis-of-Piney-Point-300x225.jpg" alt="" title="Poppa Francis of Piney Point" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-2682" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2682" class="wp-caption-text">Poppa Francis / photo The Chesapeake by Ken Rossignol</figcaption></figure>Built to work the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries, the Poppa Francis now boards more tourists than bushels of oysters.<br />
<strong>Learn more about The CHESAPEAKE</strong>;<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Chesapeake-Tales-Scales-ebook/dp/B005LFSL9Q/ref=sr_1_12_title_1_kin?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1379257948&#038;sr=1-12">The Chesapeake: Tales &#038; Scales</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chesapeake-Legends-Yarns-Barnacles-ebook/dp/B006N55W40/ref=la_B0051KKWKM_1_14_title_1_kin?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1379258023&#038;sr=1-14">The Chesapeake: Legends, Yarns &#038; Barnacles</a><br />
These two books are collections of as many as 53 short stories that have appeared since 1988 in The Chesapeake.</p>