Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State

by Earl Arnett, Robert J. Brugger, Edward C. Papenfuse

Overview

A complete, compact, and reliable companion for travel anywhere in the state.

From Antietam to Assateague, from Charles County's Tobacco Road to the mountainous Green Ridge Forest, the natural and historic sites of Maryland are among the nation's richest and most diverse. Now, the newly revised and updated edition of this widely acclaimed guidebook provides a complete, compact, and reliable companion for travel anywhere in the state.

First published as a project of the Works Progress Administration in 1940 and last revised for the 1976 bicentennial, Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State has been reorganized, rewritten, and completely updated. Personally traveling nearly all of the 5,000 miles covered, the authors combine first-hand experience with the latest scholarly research. The result is a unique new guidebook that tells the stories of Maryland's familiar people and places and of those often overlooked. Travelers can follow Piscataway Indian trails as well as John Wilkes Booth's escape route; visit the homes of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman as well as the mansions in Annapolis and Hampton; explore the sites of the Crisfield oyster boom and Georges Creek coal rush as well as those of John Brown's raid and the Battle of Antietam. The updated Guide also provides information on the many museums and visitor attractions in Baltimore, Frederick, and other Maryland cities.

Supplementing the more than 120 archival photographs are contemporary ones by photographer Edwin Remsberg which show the immensity of changes the state has undergone. Some photos literally look down the same street or road fifty or sixty years later, revealing dramatic urban development or subtle shifts in mood. Fifty new maps by cartographer Bill Nelson offer an accurate guide to every tour.

Previous editions of this book have been hailed as definitive touring guides to Maryland. Now once more revised and updated—and this time fully reorganized—Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State emerges as a freshly appealing guidebook for native, newcomer, and visitor alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801859809
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	05/03/1999
Edition description:	second edition
Pages:	672
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.37(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Robert J. Brugger has taught at the universities of Maryland and Virginia and in 1978-79 was an Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Fellow in the Humanities at Harvard. His previous books include Beverly Tucker: Heart over Head in the Old South and Our Selves/Our Past: Psychological Approaches to American History, the latter available from Johns Hopkins.

Edward C. Papenfuse is the state archivist and commissioner of land patents at the Maryland State Archives.

Table of Contents

Preface
Part I: Southern Maryland
Chapter 1. Maryland's Birthplace: St Mary's County
Chapter 2. Homes of Indians and Revolutionaries: Western Prince George's and Charles Counties
Chapter 3. Annapolis
Chapter 4. The Historic Chesapeake-Patuxent Peninsula: Anne Arundel and Calvert Counties
Chapter 5. Tobacco Road: Eastern Prince George's and Charles Counties
Part II: The Eastern Shore
Chapter 6. Chesapeake Bay
Chapter 7. Seeing Cecil County
Chapter 8. The Charms of the Upper Shore: Kent and Queen Anne's Counties
Chapter 9. Land of the Lloyds: Talbot County
Chapter 10. From the Chesapeake to The Atlantic: Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, and Worcester Counties
Part III: Central Maryland
Chapter 11. Baltimore City
Chapter 12. Along the Baltimore-Washington-Annapolis Triangle
Chapter 13. Along the Washington-Baltimore-Frederick Triangle
Chapter 14. The Lovely Potomac Valley: Montgomery County Into Frederick County
Chapter 15. The Spokes That Made Baltimore A Hub
Chapter 16. Westminster And Its Byways
Chapter 17. Just A Little South of the Mason-Dixon Line: Northern Carroll, Baltimore, And Harford Counties
Part IV: Western Maryland
Chapter 18. Following the Road to the West
Chapter 19. Exploring Western Maryland
Further Reading and Research
Photo Sources
Index

Editorial Reviews

The guide is excellent. The tours are well-chosen.

Washington Post

"The guide is excellent. The tours are well-chosen."

Washington Post

Originally published in 1940 as part of the Work Projects Administrations American Guide Series Writers Project, updated in a 1976 revision, and now fully rewritten and restructured, this is an essential purchase for libraries wishing to keep this important series current and available to their patrons, especially greater Maryland institutions. The logical organization of the data reflects Marylands geographical subdivisions, and the volume outlines in copious detail 19 suggested tours for enjoying Marylands (natural) history and geography. Some tours have interesting side trips, and most include walking tours when several sites are near each other. The authors assume users of this guide will begin their excursions in the DCBaltimore corridor and move outward from there along the more scenic (and older) state roads. There are detailed maps, clear vintage and current photographs, and highlighted in-depth site descriptions. The only drawback is a small font that makes sustained reading somewhat difficult.Scott R. Johnson, Whittemore Park Middle Sch., Conway, SC

Library Journal

The revised second edition of a work begun by the WPA, this fat guide-book by former Sun writer Earl Arnett, Hopkins history books editor Robert Brugger, and state Archivist Edward Papenfuse includes cultural and historical information for visitors.
—Margaret Guroff, Baltimore Magazine

A well-written book of crisp and businesslike tours of Maryland . . . This new version focuses more on the heritage of minorities and women than previously. The authors also include walking tours Maryland communities. Further, there is more than enough Maryland Civil War lore in this volume for contented weekend tourist forays into the lost world of the Blue and Gray.
—Maryland Historical Magazine

The guide is excellent. The tours are well-chosen.
—Washington Post

An updated version of a guide to the state prepared by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression. Detailed historical information accompanies driving and walking tours throughout the state.
—Baltimore Magazine

From the Publisher

An updated version of a guide to the state prepared by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression. Detailed historical information accompanies driving and walking tours throughout the state.

Baltimore Magazine

The revised second edition of a work begun by the WPA, this fat guide-book by former Sun writer Earl Arnett, Hopkins history books editor Robert Brugger, and state Archivist Edward Papenfuse includes cultural and historical information for visitors.

Baltimore Magazine - Margaret Guroff

A well-written book of crisp and businesslike tours of Maryland . . . This new version focuses more on the heritage of minorities and women than previously. The authors also include walking tours Maryland communities. Further, there is more than enough Maryland Civil War lore in this volume for contented weekend tourist forays into the lost world of the Blue and Gray.

Maryland Historical Magazine