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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

"C&O Canal: A Towpath Tour." Maryland 20 (Spring 1988): 6- 19.

Crown of the Chesapeake, the Life and Resources of Maryland, the Trade and Industries of Baltimore, a Souvenir of the Jamestown Exposition held on Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1907. Baltimore: A Hoen & Co., 1907.

Franklin, William M. "The Tidewater End of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal." Maryland Historical Magazine 81 (Winter 1986): 288-304.

Gray, Ralph D. The National Waterway, a History of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, 1769 -1965. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1967 (1985).
Notes: Students of Maryland transportation and maritime development probably would agree that the canal is the most important per mile ever dug in the United States. Experts depend on this volume; lovers of lore may wish to add it to their libraries, said a Maryland Historical Magazine reviewer (84:401, Winter 1989).

Hayman, John C. Rails Along the Chesapeake: A History of Railroading on the Delmarva Peninsula 1827-1978. N.p.: Published by the author, 1979.

Henderson, Richards. Chesapeake Sails: A History of Yachting on the Bay. Centreville, MD: Tidewater, 1999.

Holly, David C. Steamboat on the Chesapeake: Emma Giles and the Tolchester Line. Centreville: Tidewater, 1987.

Holly, David C. Tidewater by Steamboat: A Saga of the Chesapeake, etc. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991.

Radoff, Morris L. The Old Line State. Annapolis, MD: Hall of Records Comm., 1971.
Notes: Has a chapter on "Shipbuilding in Maryland," by Marion V. Brewington.

Seldon, W. Lynn. Country Roads of Maryland and Delaware. Castine, ME: Country Roads Press, 1994.

Shagena, Jack L. "Chesapeake Chesapike." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 72 (Winter 1996): 1, 5-7.

Shomette, Donald G. Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay, and Other Tales of the Lost Chesapeake. Centreville, MD: Tidewater, 1996.
Notes: Underwater archaeology.

Shomette, Donald G. Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake : maritime disasters on Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, 1608-1978. Centreville, MD: Tidewater, 1982.

Smith, Melbourne. Sailing Vessels of the Chesapeake; nine original lithographed prints. Annapolis, MD: Admiralty Publishing House, 1973.

Snediker, Quentin, and Ann Jensen. Chesapeake Bay Schooners. Centreville, MD: Tidewater, 1992.

Tilp, Frederick. The Chesapeake Bay of Yore: Mainly about the Rowing and Sailing Craft. Annapolis, MD: Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 1982.

Vojtech, Pat. Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks. Centreville, MD: Tidewater, 1993.

Yealdhall, J. Edward. "Crossing the Bay on the 'Smokey Joe'." Isle of Kent (Spring 1993): 7-8.

Bellinger, Annie. "Marylanders Through and Through." Maryland 25 (December 1993): 88.

Bradshaw, Alice. "Waterman's Wife." Annapolitan 7 (March 1993): 28-32, 34-35, 49.

Chappell, Helen. "Shorewomen." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 23 (December 1993): 30-34.

Johansen, Mary Carroll. 'Female Instruction and Improvement': Education for Women in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, 1785-1835. Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996.

Line, Lila. Waterwomen. Queenstown, MD: Queen Anne Press, 1982.

Robson, Nancy Taylor. Woman in the Wheelhouse. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1985.

Anderson, Patricia Dockman, and Robert W. Schoeberlein, comp. "Small Town Maryland." Maryland Historical Magazine 94 (1999): 192-199.

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