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The
Place Names of Maryland by Hamill Kenny Frost's Town, Indian Queen Bluff, Accident, Rising Sun, Choptank–Maryland's towns, rivers, mountains, towns, villages, and cities in all their color and variety. But what do they mean? Drawing upon religioius, geographical, maritime, and other obscure sources, Mr. Kenny explains the largely British and Algonquian origins of Maryland names. For example, "Plaindealing Creek" denotes a trading ground for Quakers and Indians, "Rising Sun" is a place where people arose a before dawn to take produce to Safe Deposit, and Bald Friar was named after a bald ferryboatman named Fry. 6" x 9" 352 pages, index, paperbound #363 MD Place Names $22.50  |
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Baltimore
Afire by Harold A. Williams For two days in 1904 a fire wiped out practically the entire business district of Baltimore, Maryland. At the time it was the greatest disaster ever to strike the 175 year-old city. Over 1,500 buidings were burned down or heavily damaged. Damage was estimated between $125 and $150 million. Fire fighters were brought in by trains from all over Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York. Unfortunately, the hose couplings of these out-of-state companies did not fit the Baltimore fire hydrants. Loaded with photos of the fire, this book is sold exclusively at the Baltimore Fire Musuem, but you can order it directly from us. 7½" x 10" 95 pages, illustrated, paperbound #351 Baltimore Afire $15.95 |
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Maryland
History in Prints 1743 - 1900
by Laura Rice A former curator of prints at the Maryland Historical Society, Ms. Rice has compiled hundreds of prints, many in color, accompanied by a narrative of the history of Maryland peppered with little-known tid-bits. Contents: Part 1 - "A mannor of Good Land;" Part 2 - "The Hum of 10,000 Spindles;" Part 3 - "The Excitement Knows No Bounds;" Part 4 - Urbanism and Prosperity; Part 5 - "A Commonwealth Teeming with Commerce." This book is HUGE, weighing almost five pounds 9¼" x 12¼" 404 pages, index, illustrated, hardbound ISBN 0-938420-71-2 #400 MD History in Prints retail price $75.00 our price $67.50 |
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The
Pelican Guide to Maryland by Victor Block & Fyllis Hockman Describes popular and unique sites from the first monument to George Washington to the hard-to-find Paw Paw Tunnel on the C&O Canal, & more. 5½” x 8½” 192 pages, index, illustrated, paperbound #321 Guide to MD $14.95 |
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Greenbelt,
Maryland–A Living Legacy of the New Deal by Cathy D. Knepper During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the federal government started to build "Green Towns" in varous parts of the country. Kneper describes the struggle to create the first one on a worn out tobacco farm north of Washington, called Greenbelt, MD. At one point the project was about to be cancelled but was saved by the intervention of Eleanor Roosevelt. During the the McCarthy era of the early 1950s, the community was branded as "socialistic" and even "communistic." Concludes with Greenbelt in the 1990s. 6¼" x 9½" 275 pages, index, maps, photos, hardbound #376 Greenbelt retail $42.50 our price $39.95 |
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