Baseball historian James Bready has researched professional baseball in Baltimore for more than 50 years and served for many years as an Editorial writer for the Baltimore Sunpapers. In "Baseball in Baltimore" Mr. Bready combines his colorful, enjoyable style of writing with his wealth of knowledge on the subject resulting in a topnotch account of baseball in Baltimore from the 1850's up to (but not including) the modern American League Orioles. Bready had already authored three editions of "The Home team" that were the forerunner of this excellent book. Jim has also collected many hard-to-find photos over the years and many of them are featured. Subjects include amateur Baltimore clubs of the 1850s and 1860s, the Orioles of the American Association and the National League pennant winners of the 1890s, the American League Orioles of 1901 and 1902, and the Orioles of the minor leagues (Eastern league and International League). Mr. Bready gives an interesting account of Jack Dunn's minor league Orioles that won 7 straight Int. league pennants from 1919 thru 1925 and Baltimore-born Babe Ruth's first stint in professional baseball (Jack Dunn's 1914 Orioles)> Highly recommended for any baseball historian or reader interested in baseball in Baltimore.

"Bay Country" does justice to the many legitimate claims on the Chesapeake Bay. Horton loves the bay, its grasses, oysters, crabs, and rockfish; the watermen who live off it and exploit it, and the ways of life and physical artifacts -- bridges, old roads, cabins -- people have built around it. He also knows its lovers, including him, are killing it. He portrays the bay and its life, its tributaries(including a wonderful essey on how hard it is to wring every last pollutant from sewer water) the watermen, their traditional (and tight) communities, and the hard life they make from its resources. He has chapters on wind and energy use by people and animals. Horton poetically evokes the bay's charms, in a book that is part nature writing, part sociology, part ecological economy, and part a gloss on Pogo's famous remark, "We have met the enemy and he is us." Not a particularly hopeful book, but a very realistic one, fair to all sides and to the glorious bay itself.

I have found this book very enlightening. Not only does the auther combine statistical fact, but she show various sides of the socioeconomic aspects of miners in this time period. A definitive work. This book should be in everyone's library, especially families who worked the mines mentioned. A very indepth analysis replete with fact and figures of an era gone.

Just when I got depressed about the direction of the social capital debate, this bookcame out. Orr, gets it right. Social capital explains a lot about how local politics unfold, but there are also other things going on, and social capital can applied in an intagroup or intergroup context. The social capital book to read this year. Forget Putnam, Read Orr!

Having grown up on Hilton Street -- just East of Edmondson Village -- as a child during the 50s and very early 60s, I actually experienced so much of the story Dr. Orser has brilliantly told in his book. I was there. I saw it happen. I experienced it. I saw racial hatred and/or racial fear -- directed at me, at my family, my neighbors -- all Caucasian - orchestrated by those that Dr. Orser so clearly documents. This book is a "must have" for anyone who grew up in those neighborhoods and experienced what I did during those incredible times.

A very informative book explaining the breeding program of the famous linebred Wye line of Angus cattle and the people behind the program. A must for those interested in Angus history and Beef cattle breeding.

I picked up this book originally because I have several families in early Maryland -- but none of them were indexed. Then I read the "Introduction" and found that the author had chosen the 500 or so families he includes because "there was some reason to believe their home parish (or at least their home county) had been identified," at least tentatively, because these families had descendants in the New World, and because most had arrived before 1800. Fair enough. Although this means that the reader won't find any new breakthrough information here, it's nevertheless useful to have previously published data all in one place. In fact -- in addition to Weis's _Ancestral Roots_ and other commonly available titles, the seventeen-page bibliography includes many sources most researchers probably will never have the opportunity to see, such as _Alumni Cantabrigensis_ [graduates of Cambridge University], _The Cockersand Chartulary,_ Berry?s _Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Kent_ (published in 1830), the publications of the various British Parish Register Societies, the entire series of Victoria Histories of the Counties of England, and a large number of 19th century family histories. Entries are alphabetical by family name and each lays out a number of generations, summarizing all the key data known about each. Textual citations to the bibliography are very detailed, allowing the reader to go to the author's sources and make personal judgments of their trustworthiness. Blazons of heraldic arms are included where available, and a glossary explains the terminology. There's also a seven-page "Bibliography of Royal Descents," revised since its original publication in the _Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin._

I was so impressed by this book by Gloria Johnson-Mansfield and Ann Foley. The book tells the history of Cambridge, Maryland through pictures. Cambridge is a historic village on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The amount of work and love that must have gone into this book is obvious. They say a picture can say a thousand words, and in this book they do, but the well researched captions and explanations that accompany the vintage photographs are a treasure as well. I'm looking forward to the companion book, Dorchester, that I understand is forthcoming.

anyone who likes watching equestrian events, from the 'high life' of polo to the down and dirty racing action of a steeplechase in the country, should own a copy of capitol horse country. it's a guide of events around the capitol area, washington, maryland and virginia. you'll find out what to wear, what to bring, and most importantly, what to expect when you spend an enjoyable afternoon watching a top notch equestrian event. it's a must have book if you live in the capitol area....or if you love horses. the history is also fascinating. if you like this title, the author also wrote 'equal to the challenge' about the pioneering women in horse sports. give it to a young girl or woman and inspire them to reach new heights. great author and fascinating subjects.

Wonderfully edited, written, and especially photographed memories of life and lives for the past century. Being a compilation of photos from the Baltimore Sun, it is primarily about the state of Maryland, but the book captures life in the entire country. The beautiful photographs will take you home, not only to places and times that you may have experienced, but also to something deeper inside us all. The A. Aubrey Bodine photographs are especially a treasure. The exceptionally written short text at the front of each section properly sets up the photos. I look at this book often, and come away with different feelings each time.