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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Harp, David W., and Tom Horton. Water's Way: Life Along the Chesapeake. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
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.

Harrington, Norman. The Easton Album. Easton, MD: Historical Society of Talbot County, 1986.

Horton, Tom. "Poplar Island Rising." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 29 (May 1999): 58-63, 103.

Hughes, Elizabeth. "Founded on Steam: A History of Claiborne, Maryland." Weather Gauge 28 (Fall 1992): 19-22.

Hurst, Harold W. "Notes on Antebellum Easton." Maryland Historical Magazine 88 (Summer 1993): 181-88.
Notes: Although a small population center, Easton, during the nineteenth century, was the major town of the Eastern Shore. The Shore's banking, its hotels, newspapers, and political activity all centered on the community.

Jopp, Harold D. Rediscovery of the Eastern Shore: Delmarva Travelogues of the 1870s. Wye Mills, MD: Chesapeake College Press, 1986.
Notes: Reprints of articles by four different authors which appeared in the leading nineteenth century publications of <em>Harper's New Monthly Magazine</em>, <em>Lippincott's Magazine</em>, and <em>Scribner's Monthly</em>. The authors included noted illustrator Howard Pyle and Maryland writer George Townsend.

Joynes, J. William. Talbot Tales: An Historical Drama of the Eastern Shore, with Hymn Tunes, Folk Songs, Ballads and Dame. Published by the author, 1986.

Manchester, Andi. "A Cruising Family Visits St. Michael's." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 20 (April 1991): 40-43, 50.

Manchester, Andi. "Oxford." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 22 (September 1992): 26-29, 44.

Preston, Dickson J., and Norman Harrington. Oxford: The First Three Centuries. Easton, MD: Historical Society of Talbot County, 1984.

Preston, Dickson J. Talbot County: A History. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1983.

Preston, Dickson J. Trappe: The Story of an Old-Fashioned Town. Easton, MD: Trappe Bicentennial Committee, 1976.

Reps, John. Tidewater Towns: City Planning in Colonial Virginia and Maryland. Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1972.
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.

Robinson, John M. "History of Pinehurst-Part I." Anne Arundel County History Notes 21 (January 1990): 3-4.

Rukert, Norman G. The Port: Pride of Baltimore. Baltimore: Bodine & Associates, Inc., 1982.

Shomette, Donald. London Town: A Brief History. Londontown, MD: London Town Public House Commission, Inc., 1978.
Notes: Londontown, located on the South River, was a very early example of successful town planning in Maryland. The community, however, did not have any long term success due to its economic base in the tobacco system.

Smith, Bert. Down the Ocean: Postcards from Maryland and Delaware Beaches. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
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.

Smith, Bert. Greetings from Baltimore: Postcard Views of the City. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
Notes: The history of Baltimore as told through postcards, arranged by subject -- harbor, shopping downtown, monuments, etc. Each section is accompanied by several paragraphs of text. Also included is information on the postcards themselves, as well as on the collecting and history of postcards. Illustrations are excellent, slightly enlarged, and show off the medium.

Steffens, Charles E. "Who Owns the Waterfront: Property Relations in Fell's Point, Baltimore, 1793." Urbanism Past and Present 8 (Winter/Spring 1983): 12-17.

Sullivan, C. John, Jr. "Ocean City in Black and White: A Special Maryland Revisited." Maryland Humanities (March 1999): 6-7.

Sword, Gerald J. "Acquisition of the Point Lookout Lighthouse Site by the United States Government from Jenifer Taylor." Chronicles of St. Mary's 26 (January 1978): 340-46.

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