William W. Warner

William W. Warner (April 2, 1920 – April 18, 2008 [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/books/30warner.html Obituary] in the "New York Times".] Citation | first = Joe | last = Holley | url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042902935.html | year = 2008 | title = William Warner; Wrote Classic On Chesapeake | page = Obituaries | publisher = The Washington Post | location = Washington, D,C, | date = 30 April 2008 ] ) was an American biologist and writer.

Warner was a 1943 graduate of Princeton University. During World War II, Warner served in the Pacific Theater of operations as an aerial photograph analyst with a Marine air group.

He was awarded the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for his first book "", which was based on his experiences living and working among crab fishermen on the Chesapeake.

Works

* "" (1976)
* "Distant Water: The Fate of the North Atlantic Fisherman" (1983)
* "Into the Porcupine Cave and Other Odysseys: Adventures of an Occasional Naturalist" (1999, short stories)
* "At Peace with All Their Neighbors: Catholics and Catholicism in the National Capital, 1787-1860" (1994)

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