Maryland Books

A wonderful story for your children.

As a pet lover myself, I thoroughly enjoyed sharing the wonderful drawings and compelling story of Miracle Max with my own children. It was also nice to get to know a bit more about Maryland.

Maybe if my own dog would nap a bit less, she'd be ready to be a hero and protect my family as well as Miracle Max!

John Cathcart
Author Delta 7

What a wonderful surprise when one stumbles upon a gem of a book. Miss Susie Slagle's is a wonderfully told combination of school-boy story (Johns Hopkins Medical School), history of medicine--the history of early Johns Hopkins hospital is the history of modern medicine in America--and early 20th century romance. I recommend it for all who love seeing the past through the eyes of its participants, even if fictional.

Masterful photography by a premier regional historian. It simply doesn't get any better than this. Without the documentary photographs of probably several thousand sites taken by the author over the last 35+ years, and his detailed knowledge of most of them, much of our heritage likely would have been lost. The photographs are distinctive, highly perceptive, often subtly iconic, and always well-crafted classic images of our heritage.

This book is the best for the money--I compared it to the Frommer's guide in the bookstore, and this one has twice as much information, and covers both states from top to bottom, including some pretty unusual attractions. Great for day trips from Baltimore, too.

This Book has developed with each Edition, and it very well has met its Peak!. It is Must Have for anyone interested in staying sane in this Urban Jungle! I ride fairly regularly and I have not been able to ride a fraction of the trails in this book! Get this Book! And Get out and Ride!

"One of the most exciting and eclectic celebrations of African American art ever published, Narratives of African American Art and Identity showcases one hundred paintings, etchings, sculptures, and photographs from the collection of David C. Driskell. A true Renaissance man, Driskell himself is an esteemed artist, educator, curator, and philanthropist. His fifty-year career has been committed to promoting African American art. Included are works by John Biggers, Sam Gilliam, Lois Mailou Jones, Keith Morrison, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Alma Thomas, Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Augusta Savage, and James VanDerZee-to name just a few. Each artwork is accompanied by information about the artist and the particular work. Published in cooperation with The Art Gallery at the University of Maryland, College Park. More by David Driskell: The Other Side of Color

"192 pages, over 100 full-color reproductions, size: 9 x 12". Smythe-sewn paperbound book, with flaps. ISBN: 0-7649-0689-5."--© Pomegranate

Great to see an author looking at the subject of Natural this way. For others interested in working together on a natural website....please contact me at mrhagerott@aol.com And for Amazon, great job getting quality books like this on your shelves.

I discovered Anna Carroll while reading William Safire's Freedom. I could tell he liked this character, so I did some research. Anna Carroll was an attention seeker. She inflated her importance and contributions even a decade after the war. She did this for two reasons: attention and money. Never married, well educated, she was the typical bluestocking of the day. No money, no man. Every interaction Carroll had with politicos of the time were expanded to overstate the relationship and her contribution to the politician's success. I doubt she had more than a couple face to face interactions with Lincoln, much less any serious discussion about war strategy. Always one to take the opportunity to polish her image, Anna Ella Carroll was not hesitant to play the "helpless woman" card whenever it seemed advantageous.

This book is well written. No author's preconceptions--just hypothesis based on letters and publications.

It's great to see that much of Mencken's work is still available to the common people. It shouldn't be isolated in Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library, and/or Johns Hopkins' University.

The H.L.Mencken room at the Pratt, has been called "the cradle of 20th Century literature." Alistair Cooke, said it exists..."for the comfort of sinners and the astonishment of the virtuous."

As you can see, the author of "Newspaper Days: 1899-1906", was regarded as an iconoclast during his lifetime, and is still celebrated for fresh, refreshing views and commentary. H.L. Mencken was, above all else, a critic.

Mencken wrote his autobiography in three separate volumes cumulatively known, in the world of journalism and literature, as the "Days Books". In addition to the work under consideration here: "Newspaper Days", the other two are "Happy Days: 1880-1892", and "Heathen Days: 1890-1936." As the title suggest, this book looks at H.L. Mencken's life from 1899, when at 19 he began his half-century career in journalism - at the now defunct Baltimore Morning Herald - through his move to the local newspaper of record: The Baltimore Evening Sun. This relationship with the Sun Papers (there was also a Morning Sun) lasted until 1950, when H.L.M. retired from the board of parent A.S. Abell Company.

It was apparent, even this early in the career of "the irreverent Mr. Mencken", that his niche was writing opinion and criticism; some of it shocking to the establishment; all of it entertaining.

Don't let the early period under discussion in this book (1899-1906) lead anyone to believe that the material is dated or old fashioned. Au contraire, Mencken is indeed talking of events which occured a long time ago, but evey word is perfect for the job it is called upon to do. His diction and syntax are all-important.

After all, the reason for remembering and reading a critic of an earlier time, like Mencken, is not the issues he wrote about, but the manner in which he said what he said. It is the WAY he said it -- he was a stylist.

A great man. A great book. Enjoy!

Mr. Preston died shortly before this book was published. It is a shame he is not around to extend a hand of congratulations on an excellent book. The book covers the history of newspapers on the Eastern Shore before the first newspaper was published in Easton in 1790. In the back of the book, he has a section devoted to each county, showing every publication, name changes, a little blurb, and dates the newspapers existed. Mr. Preston compiled a list of surviving issues of each newspaper shortly before the book was published, but I would recommend going to the Maryland State Archives website and checking with other repositories since more issues have been discovered after Mr. Preston's exhaustive search in the 1980s.