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Handwerker, Tom. "Something is Fishy Down on the Farm." Heartland of Del-Mar-Va 13 (Harvest 1991): 18-19.
Davidson, Thomas E. "Jacob Armstrong: Pioneer Black Capitalist on Maryland's Eastern Shore." Maryland Pendulum 4 (1986): 4-6.
Davidson, Thomas E. "Selected Readings on Afro-Americans and Maryland's Eastern Shore." Maryland Pendulum 5 (Fall/Winter 1985): 6-7.
Wilson, Emily Wanda. The Public Education of Negroes on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. M.A. thesis, Howard University, 1948.
Adkins, J. Howard, and Louise H. Adkins. Memories of Barren Creek Springs and Hotel, Wicomico County, Maryland. Salisbury, MD: Published by the authors, 1986.
Baden, Jacqueline Heppes. Maryland's Eastern Shore: A Place Apart. 2 vols. Rockville, MD: Travel on Tape, Book Division, 1990.
Categories:
County and Local History,
Environment,
Geography and Cartography,
Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture,
Caroline County,
Dorchester County,
Kent County,
Queen Anne's County,
Somerset County,
Talbot County,
Wicomico County,
Worcester County,
Chesapeake Region,
Eastern Shore
Baden, Jacqueline Heppes. "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
Blake, Allison. The Chesapeake Bay Book: A Complete Guide. 3rd edition. Lee, MA: Berkshire House Publishers, 1997.
Annotation / Notes: A well researched tour guide for the general population.
Categories:
County and Local History,
Twentieth Century,
Anne Arundel County,
Baltimore City,
Cecil County,
Charles County,
Dorchester County,
Harford County,
Kent County,
Queen Anne's County,
St. Mary's County,
Somerset County,
Talbot County,
Wicomico County,
Worcester County,
Chesapeake Region,
Eastern Shore
Cooper, Richard W. Profile of a Colonial Community: Salisbury Towne and Wicomico County on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1986.
Cooper, Richard W. Salisbury in Times Gone By. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1991.
Earle, Swepson. The Chesapeake Bay Country. Baltimore: Thomsen-Ellis Company, 1923.
Annotation / Notes: Divided into three regions -- southeastern Maryland, Upper Bay, and the Eastern Shore, this work includes a history for each, written by five noted authors, followed by a description of the counties in each, along with places of interest and the people of these places. The histories of the areas places special emphasis on major houses and genealogy of the owners. It is nicely illustrated with contemporary photographs, which nearly 80 years later serve as historic images. There are four pages of interesting photos of African Americans.
Categories:
African American,
Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning,
County and Local History,
Education,
Family History and Genealogy,
Anne Arundel County,
Baltimore City,
Caroline County,
Cecil County,
Charles County,
Calvert County,
Dorchester County,
Harford County,
Kent County,
Prince George's County,
Queen Anne's County,
St. Mary's County,
Somerset County,
Talbot County,
Wicomico County,
Worcester County,
Chesapeake Region,
Southern Maryland,
Eastern Shore
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.
Reps, John. Tidewater Towns: City Planning in Colonial Virginia and Maryland. Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1972.
Annotation / Notes: Early towns did not generally spring out of nowhere. Town planning was common and an important part of Chesapeake Maryland's colonial history. The government played an active role in the founding and formation of towns. Annapolis and the District of Columbia were unique in that their plans did not resemble those common amongst other English colonies.
Categories:
Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning,
County and Local History,
Geography and Cartography,
Politics and Law,
Seventeenth Century,
Nineteenth Century,
Anne Arundel County,
Baltimore City,
Caroline County,
Cecil County,
Charles County,
Calvert County,
Dorchester County,
Harford County,
Kent County,
Prince George's County,
Queen Anne's County,
St. Mary's County,
Somerset County,
Talbot County,
Wicomico County,
Worcester County,
Chesapeake Region,
Southern Maryland,
Eastern Shore
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
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.
Wilstach, Paul. Tidewater Maryland. Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931.
Annotation / Notes: A narrative history of those Maryland counties, all but seven of the twenty-three, touched by saltwater, arranged by theme and locale. There is a great deal of emphasis on the founding of towns and important personages, a wide variety of subjects are covered.
Categories:
Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning,
County and Local History,
Environment,
Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture,
Anne Arundel County,
Baltimore City,
Caroline County,
Cecil County,
Charles County,
Calvert County,
Dorchester County,
Harford County,
Kent County,
Prince George's County,
Queen Anne's County,
St. Mary's County,
Somerset County,
Talbot County,
Wicomico County,
Worcester County,
Chesapeake Region,
Southern Maryland,
Eastern Shore
Davis, Lynn. "Garden Roots." Heartland of Del-Mar-Va 11 (Sunshine 1988): 154-67.
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.
Footner, Hulbert. Rivers of the Eastern Shore. Seventeen Maryland Rivers. New York: Holt Reinhart and Winston, 1944.
Annotation / Notes: Footner writes mostly stories about history, but he does view Chesapeake river environments from a mid-1940s perspective.
Heckscher, Christopher M. "Distribution and Habitat Associations of the Eastern Mud Salamander, Pseudotriton montanus, on the Delmarva Peninsula." Maryland Naturalist 39 (January-June 1995): 11-14.
Scott, Jane. Between Ocean and Bay: A Natural History of Delmarva. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1991.
Woodbury, Elton N. Butterflies of Delmarva. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1994.
Preston, Dickson J. Newspapers of Maryland's Eastern Shore. Queenstown, MD: Queen Anne Press, 1986.
Categories:
County and Local History,
Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing,
Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture,
Nineteenth Century,
Twentieth Century,
Caroline County,
Cecil County,
Dorchester County,
Queen Anne's County,
Somerset County,
Talbot County,
Wicomico County,
Worcester County,
Eastern Shore
Wycherly, H. Alan. "H. L. Mencken vs. The Eastern Shore: December, 1931." Bulletin of the New York Public Library 74 (1970): 381-390.