| This book includes Tideway, a set of poems arising during a period spent with Thames watermen. |
| In the 16th century, Acts of Parliament regulated the watermen and wherrymen working on the tidal Thames between Gravesend and Windsor. |
| Grounded in religious beliefs and faith, watermen feel that man cannot and need not fully understand the blue crab. |
| The story of the Thames is a very rich one and the watermen and lightermen have played a large part in it. |
| So poor was the harvest of recruits that an appeal was issued to the watermen on the Thames to join up. |
| In the winter, many of the local watermen use hydraulic tongs to catch oysters, and a few skipjack boats continue to work out of Wenona harbor. |
