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"A Bay for All Seasons." Maryland 27 (September/October 1995): F28-F29, F31, F33.
Categories:
County and Local History,
Maritime,
Twentieth Century,
Anne Arundel County,
Caroline County,
Cecil County,
Charles County,
Calvert County,
Dorchester County,
Kent County,
Queen Anne's County,
Somerset County,
Talbot County,
Wicomico County,
Worcester County,
Chesapeake Region,
Southern Maryland,
Eastern Shore
Foster, Sally. The Private World of Smith Island. New York: Cobblehill Books/Dutton, 1993.
Annotation / Notes: A juvenile audience photo book which addresses the question of "What is it like to live on an island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay."
Harp, David W., and Tom Horton. Water's Way: Life Along the Chesapeake. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
Annotation / Notes: A photo essay on the environmental plight of the Eastern Shore, special attention is paid to the area's natural history and the life of the watermen.
Preston, Dickson J., and Norman Harrington. Oxford: The First Three Centuries. Easton, MD: Historical Society of Talbot County, 1984.
Smith, Bert. Down the Ocean: Postcards from Maryland and Delaware Beaches. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
Annotation / Notes: Arranged by theme and subject -- famous housing, boardwalk, on the beach, life saving. It presents a vivid picture of life at the shore as interpreted through postcards. Includes some illustration on spots on the way -- diners, bridges, etc. Information on the cards themselves is included and adds to the work's usefulness.
Categories:
Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning,
County and Local History,
Maritime,
Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture,
Transportation and Communication,
Twentieth Century,
Anne Arundel County,
Baltimore City,
Cecil County,
Dorchester County,
Harford County,
Talbot County,
Wicomico County,
Worcester County,
Eastern Shore
Sullivan, C. John, Jr. "Ocean City in Black and White: A Special Maryland Revisited." Maryland Humanities (March 1999): 6-7.
Wennersten, John R. Maryland's Eastern Shore: A Journey in Time and Place. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1992.
Annotation / Notes: Wennersten's goal is to make the reader understand the distinct society that is the eastern shore through discussion of the area's agricultural life, its race relations, and maritime society. Brief histories are given of some communities and mention made of some influential people.
Categories:
African American,
Agriculture,
County and Local History,
Economic, Business, and Labor History,
Maritime,
Caroline County,
Cecil County,
Dorchester County,
Kent County,
Queen Anne's County,
Somerset County,
Talbot County,
Wicomico County,
Worcester County,
Chesapeake Region,
Eastern Shore
White, Dan. Crosscurrents in Quiet Water: Portraits of the Chesapeake. Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Co., 1987.
Annotation / Notes: A photo essay of the changing lives of the Eastern Shore's peoples focusing on watermen, boat builders, environmentalists, and chicken farmers. Special emphasis is placed on Smith Island and Crisfield. Photographs by Jon Naso and Marion Warren.
Wroten, William H., Jr. Assateague. Salisbury, MD: Peninsula Press, 1970.
Categories:
County and Local History,
Environment,
Maritime,
Native American,
Worcester County,
Eastern Shore
DeGast, Robert. Western Wind, Eastern Shore: A Sailing Cruise Around the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1975.
Annotation / Notes: De Gast sails a small boat around the entire DelMarVa Peninsula, an interesting voyage with useful observations.
Wroten, William H. Jr. Assateague. 1970; 2d edition, Cambridge, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1972.
Schofield, Clay. "An Annotated Bibliography of Folklore Material for the Eastern Shore." Free State Folklore 3 (Winter 1976-1977): 19-55.
Categories:
County and Local History,
Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works,
Maritime,
Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture,
Twentieth Century,
Caroline County,
Dorchester County,
Kent County,
Queen Anne's County,
Somerset County,
Talbot County,
Wicomico County,
Worcester County,
Chesapeake Region,
Eastern Shore
Wennersten, John R. "One Man's Museum: Brannock Maritime Museum." Maryland 20 (Summer 1988): 46-49.
Horton, Tom. An Island Out of Time: A Memoir of Smith Island in the Chesapeake. New York, W. W. Norton and Company, 1996.
Annotation / Notes: Horton's title suggests his principal themes in examining Smith Island life: that the islands represent a distinctive way of life rooted in another time whose preservation into the future may literally be running out of time. An environmental columnist for the Baltimore Sun who lived on Smith Island in the late 1980s as an environmental educator with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Horton examines the water-related economy, traditionally based on oystering and crabbing, and the unique way of life that evolved in the relative isolation of the island communities. His book profiles the personalities of Smith Island, the work of men and women, the pervasive role of religion in island life, and social, economic, and environmental changes threatening the island's future.
Yealdhall, J. Edward. "Crossing the Bay on the 'Smokey Joe'." Isle of Kent (Spring 1993): 7-8.
Sherwood, Jack. "'Bad Girl' of the Wye River." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 25 (December 1995): 40-43, 64-65.
Diggins, Milt. "Cecil County, The Tolchester Beach Improvement Company, and the End of the Steamboat Era." Cecil Historical Journal, 2 (Summer 2002): 4-22.
Lesher, Pete. "Thomas Kirby and the Decline of Shipbuilding in Talbot County." Maryland Historical Magazine, 97 (Fall 2002): 358-68.
Thompson, Bruce F. "Bungay Creek Wreck (18KE339), Kent County, Maryland." Maryland Archeology, 38 (March 2002): 27-37.
Thompson, Bruce F. "Turkey Point Lighthouse." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County, 58 (May 1990): 3.
Johnson, Paula J. The Workboats of Smith Island. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Hoxter, Nick. "The Love Point Lighthouse." Isle of Kent, (Spring 1995): 3.
Riley, Miriam B. "The Lighthouse at Turkey Point." Cecil Historical Journal, 4 (Summer 2004): 6-98.
Novak, Roger. "The Mermaid of Assateague." Maryland Historical Magazine, 102 (Fall 2007): 194-203.
King, Marty. "Shanty Boats of Kent County, Maryland." Weather Gauge, 32 (Spring 1996): 24-29.