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CHESAPEAKE Country Books 2018

Table of Contents Chesapeake Cuisine

Discover the Chesapeake

Nature and Natural History 5 History 6 Charm City

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Chesapeake Cuisine New The New Chesapeake Kitchen John Shields photographs by David W. Harp

The latest cookbook by the “Culinary Ambassador of the Chesapeake” encourages us to cook in a way that is not only healthy for us but also for the Bay. 2018 288 pp., 50 color photos, 1 line drawing 978-1-4214-2650-1 $26.95 hardcover/e-book

The Chesapeake Table Your Guide to Eating Local

Renee Brooks Catacalos Do you want to join a CSA, but don’t know where to start? Are you wondering what the difference between Certified Organic and Biodynamic produce is? This guide explains the many ways to participate in the local food movement in the Chesapeake. 2018 200 pp., 44 color photos 978-1-4214-2689-1 $24.95 paperback/e-book

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Chesapeake Bay Cooking with John Shields 25th anniversary edition

John Shields photographs by Jed Kirschbaum

This twenty-fifth anniversary edition of John Shields’s classic cookbook includes additional recipes and a new chapter on Chesapeake libations. 2015 360 pp., 56 halftones 978-1-4214-1816-2 $32.95 hardcover/ebook

Discover the Chesapeake New Explore the natural beauty of Maryland on foot, bike, and water.

Hike Maryland

Cycle Maryland

Paddle Maryland

A Guide to the Scenic Trails of the Free State

A Guide to Bike Paths and Rail Trails

A Guide to Rivers, Creeks, and Water Trails

Bryan MacKay

2018 240 pp. 17 color photos, 25 maps 978-1-4214-2498-9

2018 224 pp. 17 color photos, 22 maps 978-1-4214-2500-9

2018 200 pp. 17 color photos, 22 maps 978-1-4214-2502-3

$19.95 paperback/e-book

The Chesapeake in Focus

A Year across Maryland

Transforming the Natural World

A Week-by-Week Guide to Discovering Nature in the Chesapeake Region

Tom Pelton The people, policies, and forces transforming a national treasure—the Chesapeake Bay. 2018 280 pp., 16 color photos, 1 map 978-1-4214-2475-0 $24.95 paperback/e-book

Bryan MacKay A week-by-week look at the abundant wildlife and plants in and around Maryland—where and when to find them. 2013 312 pp., 78 color photos 978-1-4214-0939-9 $26.95 paperback/e-book

A Journey through Potomac History second edition

Mike High An indispensable guide to a regional treasure— now thoroughly updated and expanded. 2014 416 pp., 58 halftones, 10 line drawings, 28 maps 978-1-4214-1505-5 $24.95 paperback/e-book

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The C&O Canal Companion

Discover the Chesapeake

A Paris Life, A Baltimore Treasure

Musical Maryland

The Remarkable Lives of George A. Lucas and His Art Collection

A History of Song and Performance from the Colonial Period to the Age of Radio

Stanley Mazaroff

David K. Hildebrand and Elizabeth M. Schaaf

The gripping biography of a man and his passion for art. 2018 36 color illus., 72 b&w illus., 1 line drawing 978-1-4214-2444-6 $64.95 hardcover/e-book

Flickering Treasures Rediscovering Baltimore’s Forgotten Movie Theaters

Amy Davis

with contributions by William Biehl

The only book to delve deeply into Maryland’s rich musical performance history and the people who created it. 2017 232 pp. 8 color photos, 75 b&w photos, 14 line drawings 978-1-4214-2239-8 $49.95 hardcover/e-book

foreword by Barry Levinson

Evergreen

The riveting story of Baltimore’s movie theaters over the past century, eloquently told through extraordinary photographs and poignant reminiscences.

The Garrett Family, Collectors and Connoisseurs

2017 320 pp., 90 color photos, 83 b&w photos 978-1-4214-2218-3 $49.95 hardcover/e-book

Baltimore A Political History

Matthew A. Crenson Johns Hopkins University Press 4

How politics and race shaped Baltimore’s distinctive disarray of cultures and subcultures. 2017 632 pp., 37 halftones 978-1-4214-2206-0 $44.95 hardcover/e-book

Your Maryland Little-Known Histories from the Shores of the Chesapeake to the Foothills of the Allegheny Mountains

Ric Cottom Four centuries of Maryland’s history in one colorful and dramatic volume. 2017 256 pp., 18 b&w illus., 1 map 978-1-4214-2405-7 $22.95 paperback/e-book

Evergreen Museum & Library A lavishly illustrated guide to the stunning art, décor, and library of historic Evergreen, the home of Baltimore’s Garrett family. 2017 272 pp. 164 color photos, 31 halftones, 3 line drawings 978-1-4214-2169-8 $44.95 hardcover

John W. Garrett and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Kathleen Waters Sander How John W. Garrett and the B&O Railroad he headed for twenty-six years helped to transform America by linking the nation. 2017 416 pp., 28 halftones, 1 map 978-1-4214-2220-6 $49.95 hardcover/e-book

Nature and Natural History New Shifting Baselines in the Chesapeake Bay An Environmental History

Victor S. Kennedy This environmental history of America’s largest estuary provides insight into how and why its former productivity and abundant fisheries have declined. 2018 168 pp., 1 color illus, 57 b&w illus., 4 maps 978-1-4214-2654-9 $59.95 hardcover/e-book

Field Guide to the Natural World of Washington, D.C. Howard Youth illustrated by Mark A. Klingler photographs by Robert E. Mumford, Jr. foreword by Kirk Johnson

A field guide to plants and animals commonly found in the nation’s capital. 2014 400 pp. 91 color photos, 13 maps, 100 color plates 978-1-4214-1204-7 $24.95 paperback/e-book

Plants of the Chesapeake Bay A Guide to Wildflowers, Grasses, Aquatic Vegetation, Trees, Shrubs, and Other Flora

Lytton John Musselman and David A. Knepper “Plants of the Chesapeake Bay deserves shelf space in the library of every Chesapeake boater who would like to understand how our Bay’s ecosystem works.”—Chesapeake Bay Magazine 2012 232 pp., 208 color photos, 1 map 978-1-4214-0498-1 $27.95 paperback/e-book

Life in the Chesapeake Bay Field Guide to Fishes of the Chesapeake Bay Edward O. Murdy and John A. Musick illustrated by Val Kells

The ideal guide for identifying the more than 200 fish species that inhabit the Chesapeake. 2013 360 pp., 251 color illus., 2 maps 978-1-4214-0768-5 $26.95 paperback

third edition

Alice Jane Lippson and Robert L. Lippson “The region’s quintessential field and reference guide.”—Chesapeake Life Magazine 2006 344 pp., 210 b&w illus. 978-0-8018-8338-5 $31.00 paperback/e-book

The Disappearing Islands of the Chesapeake William B. Cronin “Cronin tells an engaging story that’s richly underscored by an abundance of vintage maps and archival photographs.”—Baltimore Magazine Johns Hopkins University Press 5

2005 200 pp., 150 halftones 978-0-8018-7435-2 $40.00 hardcover

History New Maryland A History second edition

Suzanne Ellery Chapelle, Jean B. Russo, Jean H. Baker, Dean R. Esslinger, Edward C. Papenfuse, Constance B. Schulz, and Gregory A. Stiverson An engaging and accessible introductory history of the people, places, culture, and politics that shaped Maryland.

Coming in Paperback To Antietam Creek The Maryland Campaign of September 1862

D. Scott Hartwig “A tour de force which will stand as the preeminent and final word on the subject. . . An instant classic”—Blue and Gray Magazine 2019 808 pp., 25 halftones 978-1-4214-2896-3

2018 384 pp., 129 color photos, 73 halftones, 18 maps 978-1-4214-2622-8 $44.95 paperback/e-book

On Middle Ground A History of the Jews of Baltimore

Eric L. Goldstein and Deborah R. Weiner A model of Jewish community history that will enlighten anyone interested in Baltimore and its past. 2018 400 pp., 133 halftones 978-1-4214-2452-1 $39.95 hardcover/e-book

Travels through American History in the Mid-Atlantic A Guide for All Ages

Charles W. Mitchell with maps by Elizabeth Church Mitchell

Explore the historic landscape of the mid-Atlantic with this family-friendly guide. 2014 224 pp., 23 maps 978-1-4214-1514-7 $24.95 paperback/e-book

Building Washington Engineering and Construction of the New Federal City, 1790–1840

Collecting Shakespeare

Robert J. Kapsch

The Story of Henry and Emily Folger

A richly illustrated behind-the-scenes tour of how the nation’s capital was built. 2018 384 pp., 38 color illus., 83 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-2487-3 $69.95 hardcover/e-book

Stephen H. Grant “This book will fill a major gap in our understanding of how one of America’s most influential institutions came to be.”—John F. Andrews, President, The Shakespeare Guild 2014 264 pp., 32 halftones 978-1-4214-1187-3 $32.95 hardcover/e-book

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Charm City The Baltimore Elite Giants

Baltimore’s Alley Houses

Sport and Society in the Age of Negro League Baseball

Homes for Working People since the 1780s

Bob Luke “A spirited account of a game framed and shaped by serious issues.”—Baltimore Magazine 2017 208 pp., 41 halftones 978-1-4214-2430-9 $19.95 paperback/e-book

Front Stoops in the Fifties

Mary Ellen Hayward This pioneering study systematically reconstructs the lives, households, and neighborhoods that once thrived on the city’s narrowest streets. 2008 328 pp., 98 halftones, 6 line drawings 978-0-8018-8834-2 $50.00 hardcover

Baltimore Legends Come of Age

The Colts’ Baltimore

Michael Olesker

A City and Its Love Affair in the 1950s

“As someone who lived those very years, growing up in Baltimore, Michael Olesker brought back so many precise memories . . . He got that old town of mine pitch perfect.” —Frank Deford, commentator on NPR’s Morning Edition

Michael Olesker “Like a love poem . . . to a more innocent time.” —Baltimore Sun 2008 240 pp., 19 halftones 978-0-8018-9062-8 $27.95 hardcover

2017 248 pp., 11 halftones 978-1-4214-2425-5 $19.95 paperback/e-book

Journeys to the Heart of Baltimore Michael Olesker “A powerful tribute to our vast melting pot . . . Amid the rich metaphors and unique vernacular that are quintessentially Olesker, Baltimore’s mosaic of religions and nationalities become one.” —Baltimore Jewish Times 2015 368 pp., 25 halftones 978-1-4214-1845-2

$29.95 paperback/e-book

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