Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State

By Edward C. Papenfuse, Robert J. Brugger, Earl Arnett, et al.

Book Overview

From Antietam to Assateague, from Charles County's Tobacco Road to the mountainous Green Ridge Forest, the natural and historic sites of Maryland are among the nation's richest and most diverse. First published as a project for the Works Progress Administration in 1940 and last revised for the 1976 bicentennial, this guidebook has been reorganized, rewritten and updated. Personally travelling nearly all of the 5000 miles covered, the authors combine first-hand experience with research. They tell the stories of Maryland's familiar peoples and places and of those often overlooked. Travellers can follow Piscataway Indian trails as well as John Wilkes Booth's escape route; visit the homes of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman as well as the mansions in Annapolis and Hampton; explore the sites of the Crisfield oyster boom and Georges Creek coal rush as well as those of John Brown's raid and the battle of Antietam. The updated guide also provides information on the many museums and visitor attractions in Baltimore, Frederick, and other Maryland cities.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801859794
• ISBN13: 9780801859793
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.5" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

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Maryland is not a state many people think of when they consider a travel destination. That, of course, doesn't mean that Maryland isn't dense with cultural, historical, and natural treasures. This book covers all of them in fine detail, with an emphasis on the cultural and historical. It's not a travel guide per se, but more of an historical and cultural survey of the state's towns and institutions. That said, it covers them exhaustively. I lived in Maryland for almost 20 years, in Frederick County, and I've not found a better portrait of that beautiful part of the United States anywhere. Want to know this little, modest border state? Read this book.