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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Thomas, Joseph B., Jr., and Anthony D. Lindauer. "The Town of Herrington, c.1667-c.1700." Calvert Historian 13 (Spring 1998): 45-61.
Notes: Same article as in <em>Anne Arundel County History Notes</em>.

Tracey, Grace L., and John P. Dern. Pioneers of Old Monocacy: The Early Settlement of Frederick County, Maryland, 1721-1743. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987.
Notes: A history of that portion of Prince George's County that in 1748 became Frederick County as told through the stories of the original land patents and their owners. The appendix includes many handy lists including a list of 1733-1734 inhabitants, early German Settlers, and Frederick County Muster Rolls, ca. 1757.

Trostel, Michael F. "Mondawmin: Baltimore's Lost County Estate." Bulletin of the Southern Garden History Society 8 (Summer 1991): 3-4.

Warren, Marion E. Bringing Back the Bay: the Chesapeake in the photographs of Marion E. Warren and the voices of its people. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.
Notes: Modern photographs accompanied with oral history text. Of special interest is the "photographer's commentaries" on his work.

Wennersten, John R. Maryland's Eastern Shore: A Journey in Time and Place. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1992.
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.

White, Dan. Crosscurrents in Quiet Water: Portraits of the Chesapeake. Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Co., 1987.
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.

Whitmore, Nancy F., and Timothy L. Cannon. Frederick: A Pictorial History. Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Co., 1981.

Williams, T. J. C., and Folger McKinsey. History of Frederick County, Maryland. 1910; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1979.

Williams, Byron L. The Old South Mountain Inn: An Informal History. Shippensburg, PA: Beidel Printing, 1990.

Willman, W. G. "Pipe Creek." Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc. Newsletter (September 1987): 3.

Wroten, William H., Jr. Assateague. Salisbury, MD: Peninsula Press, 1970.

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

Bunting, Elaine, and Patricia D'Amario. Counties of Northern Maryland. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 2000.
Notes: A series designed for young readers.

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.

Lang, Varley. Follow the Water. Winston Salem, NC: John F. Blair, 1961.

Maryland's Catoctin Mountain Parks: An Interpretive Guide to Catoctin Mountain Park and Cunningham Falls State Park. Blacksburg, VA: McDonald and Woodward Publishing Co., 1995.

Powledge, Fred. Working River. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995.
Categories: Environment, Maritime

Selckmann, August. "The Muddy Old Monocacy." Maryland 24 (Summer 1992): 10-19.

Selckmann, August. "The Susquehanna: Mother of the Chesapeake." Maryland 23 (Autumn 1990): 6-17.

Sharrer, G. Terry. "The Patuxent: Maryland's Heartland River." Maryland 21 (Spring 1989): 6-23.

Stone, William T., Fessenden Blanchard, and Anne M. Hayes. A Cruising Guide to the Chesapeake including the passages from the Long Island Sound along the New Jersey coast and Island Waterway. 1968; reprint, New York: Putnam, 1989.
Notes: This guide gives detailed descriptions of the navigable portions for each of Maryland's rivers and creeks.

Thorogood, Cyprian. "A Relation of a Voyage Made by Mr. Cyprian Thorogood to the Head of the Baye." The Historian 20 (May 1958).

Torrusio, Michael, Jr. "Destination: Magothy River." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 27 (June 1997): 48-53, 90.

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