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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Holly, David C. Chesapeake Steamboats: Vanished Fleet. Centreville, MD: Tidewater, 1994.

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.

Latrobe, John H. B. A Lost Chapter in the History of the Steamboat. Fund Publication No. 5. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1871.
Notes: Benjamin H. Latrobe's and Nicholas J. Roosevelt's less than successful partnership with Robert Fulton and Robert R. Livingstone to build steamboats in Pittsburgh is the subject of this account by one of Latrobe's sons. The builders' intent was to monopolize the steamboat trade of the western rivers; their initial effort was the <em>New Orleans</em>.

Latrobe, John H. B. The First Steamboat Voyage on the Western Waters. Fund Publication No. 6. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1871.
Notes: The vivid story of the first steamboat trip down the Mississippi River conducted by Nicholas H. Roosevelt, builder of the <em>New Orleans</em>, and his wife Lydia, daughter of architect Benjamin H. Latrobe. The earthquakes of 1811, the most powerful ever recorded in North America, were among the natural phenomena encountered by the crew (See Dohan, Mary Helen).

McCloud, Melissa. "Tilghman Bridge, Tilghman Memories." Weather Gauge 34 (Fall 1998): 11-15.

Mueller, Edward A. The Queen of Sea Routes: Merchants & Miners Transportation Company. Steamship Historical Society, 2000.

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.

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.

Wood, H. Graham. "Baltimore Steamboats." Steamboat Bill 49 (Fall 1992): 173-80.

Wood, H. Graham. "Fredericksburg to Baltimore: Ninety Miles by Air, Two Days and Two Nights on Different Steamers." Steamboat Bill 188 (Winter 1988): 278-82.

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

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.

Clifford, Mary Louise, and J. Candace Clifford. Women Who Kept the Lights: An Illustrated History of Female Lighthouse Keepers. Williamsburg, VA: Cypress Communications, 1993.

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

Miller, Fred S. "The Name Game." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 24 (March 1995): 44-46.

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

Sarudy, Barbara Wells. "An Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Kryder-Reid." Maryland Humanities (July/August 1994): 28-29.

Sarudy, Barbara Wells. "An Interview with Dr. Julia A. King." Maryland Humanities (August/September 1993): 20-21.

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