Baltimore Close Up (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781531660277)

Combining old Southern charm with Northern
practicality, Baltimore is a city of unique flavor. With
close to 200 images, including many never before seen,
historian Christopher T. George explores and celebrates
the history of the city that gave us our national anthem.
In Baltimore Close Up, readers will discover the heritage
of this important American community. Once home to
Edgar Allan Poe, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Billie
Holiday, Cab Calloway, Babe Ruth, Frederick Douglass,
and Thurgood Marshall, Baltimore boasts an impressive
and unique history. It is a fabled sports city, known for
Chesapeake Bay seafood and for our nation's first major
monument to George Washington. In this impressive
and unprecedented collection, the author illustrates what
makes Baltimore famous

Author: Christopher T. George
ISBN-10: 1531660274
ISBN-13: 9781531660277
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 09/03/1998
Pages: 130
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d