C. John Sullivan

C. John Sullivan, Jr., a nationally recognized expert on American wooden fowl, is both an appraiser and collector of decoys, firearms and other accoutrements used in the pursuit of waterfowl. A historian by avocation, he has shared his knowledge by authoring meticulously researched books on waterfowling, drawing on gunning club journals, memoirs, and personal interviews to recreate the heyday of the sport. His most recent books are Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, Decoys & Long Guns, Tales of Carroll’s Island Ducking Club (History Press 2008), Waterfowling on the Chesapeake, 1819-1936 (The Johns Hopkins University Press 2003), and Old Ocean City (The Johns Hopkins University Press 2001). He has also authored numerous articles for Decoy Magazine, The Canvasback, and Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Quarterly and writes a quarterly column, Collector’s Corner, for The Canvasback. Parts of his collection have been exhibited at the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, and the Maryland Historical Society. In 2012 he was inducted into the Easton Waterfowl Festival Hall of Fame. He is a lifelong resident of Fallston in Harford County, Maryland. In 2013 The Best Place to Shoot Ducks, Miller’s Island was published by Full House Press, Inc. In 2014 Swan Island Club 1872-2014 Currituck, North Carolina was published by Full House Press, Inc. He serves as consultant to the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum and is a member of the Board os Directores of the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art. His most recent books are: Record Walnut Grove Ducking Club 1864, and Chesapeake Ducking Guns- Baltimore Made, and bishops Heads fish and Gun Club