Walking in Baltimore: An Intimate Guide to the Old City

by Frank R. Shivers Jr.

Book Overview

Outsiders had called it Mob Town when, on April 19, 1861, Confederate sympathizers attacked Yankee soldiers and shed the first blood of the Civil War. According to Frank Shivers, Baltimore's unique charm must have something to do with the city's wonderful mix of opposites - North and South, old-fashioned rowhouses and modern office towers, industrial waterfront and revitalized inner harbor, the venerable Walters Art Gallery and funky Fells Point...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801848687
• ISBN13: 9780801848681
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher