 In 2002, in a small boat, Susan Schmidt retraced John Smith's 1608 voyage on the Chesapeake Bay. Her lecture and her book focus on Smith's adventures, the Jamestown experience, the Bay's ecological history, Native Americans then and now, and her own 100-day expedition, with impressions of the Bay's beauty and its challenges. The book is a cruising guide for boaters and field log for naturalists. Susan illustrates her hour-plus lecture with vivid color slides (or PowerPoint). She also leads history and natural-history workshops. A licensed captain, she grew up sailing the Chesapeake Bay, where her family has lived for almost 400 years. A teacher in high school and college, she has a Ph. D. in American literature and a Masters in Environmental Sciences. |
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