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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Barnes, Brooks Miles, and Barry R. Truitt. Seashore Chronicles: Three centuries of the Virginia Barrier Islands. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1997.
Notes: Much of this book captures a mood equally applicable to Maryland's sea islands. I suspect Norwood, in 1650, landed on a Maryland Island anyhow!

Bell, David Owen. Awesome Chesapeake: A Kid's Guide to the Bay. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1994.

Bell, David Owen. Chesapeake Bay Walk. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1998.

Blair, Carvel H., and Willits D. Ansel. Chesapeake Bay Notes and Sketches. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1970.

Blake, Allison, and Tom Dove. The Chesapeake Bay Book: A Complete Guide. 1992; 2d edition, Lee, MA: Berkshire House Publishers, 1996.

Brait, Susan. Chesapeake Gold: Man & Oyster on the Bay. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 1990.

Brewington, M. V. Chesapeake Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History. 1953; 2d edition, New York: Bonanza Books, 1956.
Notes: While primarily about boats on the Bay, Brewington's book has many contemporary environmental insights.

Burton, Bill. "Cold Fish, Ice Fish." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 23 (December 1993): 16, 38.

Burton, Bill. "Desperately Seeking Chessie." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 24 (January 1995): 30-32.

Cameron, Mark. "Monuments of Urbanity: The Development of Baltimore's Residential Squares." Maryland Humanities (Winter 1998): 5.

Capper, John, Garrett Power, and Frank Shivers. Chesapeake Waters: Pollution, Public Health and Public Opinion, 1602-1972. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1983.

Davidson, Steven G., Jay. G. Merwin, Jr., John Capper, Garrett Power, and Frank Shivers, Jr. Chesapeake Waters: Four Centuries of Controversy, Concern and Legislation. 1983; reprint, Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1997.
Notes: Primarily on the political process paralleling environmental change but containing many references to contemporary conditions and problems.

De Gast, Robert. The Oyster Men of the Chesapeake. Camden, ME: International Marine Publishing Company, 1970.
Notes: One cannot separate the Chesapeake oyster as a natural resource from the men and vessels which harvested them. Bob De Gast's book is a compelling visual story with accurate, if spare, text.

DeGast, Robert. Western Wind, Eastern Shore: A Sailing Cruise Around the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1975.
Notes: De Gast sails a small boat around the entire DelMarVa Peninsula, an interesting voyage with useful observations.

Fielding, Geoff. "Flavor & Fragrance in the Colonial Garden." Maryland 23 (Spring 1991): 28-31.

Fleming, Cristol, Marion Blois Lobstein, and Barbara Tuffy. Finding Wildflowers in the Washington-Baltimore Area. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.

Gottfried, Michael D. "Fossil Pioneers: The Chesapeake Region and the Early History of Paleontology in North America." Bugeye Times 16 (Fall 1991): 1, 6-7.

Grieser, Robert. Chesapeake Bay: Photographs. New York: H. N. Abrams, 1990.

Griffith, Philip L. "Maryland's Bird: The Baltimore Oriole." The Record 77 (October 1997): 3.

Hamer, Red, and Barbara H. Hamer. eds. Four Seasons of the Chesapeake Bay: An All-color pictorial of the entire Chesapeake Bay. Vol. I. West Chester, PA: Four Seasons Book Publishers, 1980.

Hamer, Red, and Barbara H. Hamer. eds. Four Seasons of the Chesapeake Bay: An All-color pictorial of the entire Chesapeake Bay. Vol. II. West Chester, PA: Four Seasons Book Publishers, 1982.

Harp, David, and Tom Horton. Water's Way: Life Along the Chesapeake. Washington, DC: Elliott & Clark, 1992.

Horton, Tom. Bay Country. Baltimore: Johns University Press, 1987.

Horton, Tom. "Hanging in the Balance: Chesapeake Bay." National Geographic 183 (June 1993): 2-35.

Horton, Tom. Water's Way: Life Along the Chesapeake. Washington, DC: Elliot & Clark Publishers, 1992.

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