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What books about Maryland do you have in your library?

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1JimThomson
Modifié : Fév 9, 2009, 11:00 am

Here are mine;
-Fifty Years of Flight; the Aviation Industry in Maryland, 1903-1953, W. A. Shrader
-Baltimore; When She was What She Used to Be, Photos 1850-1930, M. E. Warren
-Maryland Time Exposures; Photos 1840-1940, M. E. Warren
-Hollyhocks, Lambs and Other Passions; a Memoir of Thornhill Farm, Butler, Md., Dee Hardie
-Crowning the Gravelly Hill; a History of the Roland Park/Guilford/Homeland district, Baltimore, W. F. Waesche
-Baltimore; Industrial Gateway to the Chesapeake
-Illustrated Atlas of Carroll County, 1877 (reprint)
-Roads to Antietam, J. W. Schildt
-Baltimore & Streetcars 1926 by Paul Wirtz

2JimThomson
Modifié : Jan 5, 2009, 2:08 am

-Monocacy; Sketch of a Battle 1864, A. S. Roe
-The Gwynns Falls; Baltimore Gateway to the Chesapeake, W. E. Orser
-MARYLAND, a Middle Temperament; 1634-1980, Robert J. Brugger
-The Story of the Northern Central Railway; Baltimore to Lake Ontario, 1832-1962, Robert L. Gunnarsson
-Green Spring Accommodation; 130 Years of Railway History in the Green Spring Valley of Baltimore County, 1832 -1962, Martin K. Van Horn & Robert L. Williams
-Greetings from Havre de Grace; Postcards of History, David Craig & Mary L. Martin
-The Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore; 1854-1980, Lillian L. Hofmeister
-Taken at the Flood, Robert E. Lee & the Confederate Strategy in the Maryland Campaign of 1862, Joseph L. Harsh
-Antietam Battlefield Map, Sharpsburg, Md., McElfresh Map Co., Olean, N.Y. 1994
-Landscape Turned Red the Battle of Antietam, 1862, Stepen W. Sears
-Events of the Civil War in Washington County Maryland, S. Roger Keller
-A Guide to Civil War Sites in Maryland, Susan C. Soderberg
-The Baltimore & Ohio (Rwy) in the Civil War, Festus P. Summers
-Maryland's Blue & Gray, a Border State's Union and Confederate Junior Officer Corps, Kevin C. Ruffner
-First & Second Maryland Cavalry, Confederate States Army, Robert J. Driver
-Four Years in the Saddle, Col. Harry Gilmor C.S.A.
-Plenty of Blame to Go Around, Eric J. Wittenberg

3JimThomson
Modifié : Jan 5, 2009, 2:10 am

-Maryland Scenic Byways, Md. State Highway Admin.
-Raise Heaven & Earth; the G. L. Martin Company, William B. Harwood
-Project Vanguard, Kurt R. Stehling
-China Clipper, R. L. Gandt
-Report upon the Development of Public Grounds for Greater Baltimore, 1904 (reprint), The Olmstead Brothers
-Moses Sheppard, Quaker Philanthropist of Baltimore, Bliss Forbush
-No Backward Step was Taken; Highlights in the History of the Public Elementary Schools of Baltimore County, Amy C. Crewe
-Maryland Trivia, A. Menendez
-Maryland Scenic Byways
-Photos of Baltimore, 1858-1968, F. F. Beirne

4SqueakyChu
Modifié : Déc 19, 2008, 2:40 pm

The only one I can think of is Herman Taube's My Baltimore Landsmen which I still have not read despite having owned it for years and years.

6WildMaggie
Déc 22, 2008, 10:09 pm

Couple of Anne Tyler novels; Saint Maybe and Back When We Were Grownups. Those are the ones I've cataloged, anyway. I think there must be at least a couple about Antietam in the many Civil War books I haven't gotten to yet.

7missylc
Déc 23, 2008, 8:17 am

I second WildMaggie's question re novels because I have:

Chesapeake by James Michener
The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl

In addition to:

My Favorite Maryland Recipes by Helen Avalynne Tawes
The Museum Collection -- A Treasury of Oxford's Most Cherished Recipes (Oxford, Maryland) by The Oxford Museum
Lands of Legendary Lore: Sketches Of Romance And Reality On The Eastern Shore Of The Chesapeake by Prentiss Ingraham
Day Trips in Delmarva by Alan Fisher
Easton (Then & Now: Maryland) by Mindie Burgoyne

9melannen
Juin 1, 2009, 2:24 am

I have a bunch, but here are a few of the more interesting:

The Chesapeake in the 17th Century - essay collection
Thimbleriggers: The Law v. Governor Marvin Mandel - Maryland politics are my favorite politics
The Entailed Hat - based-on-a-true-story novel about mayhem and outlawry in 17th century Somerset County!
Misty of Chincoteague - oh, c'mon, you can't not count that one, even if it's technically mostly in Virginia.
Mistress of Riversdale - an upper-class woman's first-hand account of life in central Maryland in the Federal period.

10Emidawg
Jan 13, 2010, 3:18 am

Weird Maryland and a bunch of other "Ghosts of ______" for the state. Im really into local folklore, the weirder the better!

11WildMaggie
Jan 13, 2010, 9:20 am

I've been keeping my eye out for Weird Maryland! Wonder if there's a Weird DC?

12gilroy
Jan 13, 2010, 11:09 am

There is a Weird _____ for every state in the union so far, I think, and last I looked Barnes and Noble had a Weird DC while I was shopping at the Annapolis one.

13GoofyOcean110
Jan 13, 2010, 12:17 pm

Yes, I think I've seen both Weird Maryland and Weird DC - Barnes and Nobles and Borders tend to have them in the 'local' section.

14Emidawg
Jan 18, 2010, 2:22 am

Ooh I forgot to mention Doggin Maryland. I got it after I tried taking my dog to a park and being turned away at the gate. When I lived in Pennsylvania I never had this problem... dogs are apparnetly banned from quite a few parks down here :(

Its a rather nice little book, tells you where you can take your dog, how rough the trail is for tender paws, and whether or not there are swimming opportunities for water loving breeds.

15SqueakyChu
Modifié : Jan 18, 2010, 8:50 am

I thought of another one. It was Rockville Pike by Susan Coll. I guess you could call it chick lit, a genre which I usually do not do, but who could resist reading about her own city? Besides, I am within walking distance of "the" real Rockville Pike. I enjoyed this humorous book very much, especially the familiar place names in the story.

Rating - 4 stars

16GoofyOcean110
Jan 18, 2010, 9:20 am

#14 - Quiet Waters park in Annapolis is GREAT for dogs - there is a fenced in area where they can be taken off leash and let play with other dogs, and there is a dog beach on the South River where they can swim. I see lots of dogs in the park there year round.

17Emidawg
Jan 18, 2010, 11:56 am

Yea I take my dog to Quiet waters in the summer for the beach, but there aren't many hiking opportunities there. We went to Patapsco park for some hiking and were turned away :(