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

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

About the Author

Earl Arnett, a freelance writer who reported for the Baltimore Sun, is also a music entrepreneur and multimedia producer. Robert J. Brugger is the history and regional books editor at the Johns Hopkins University Press and the author of Maryland: A Middle Temperament, 1634-1980, also available from Johns Hopkins. Edward C. Papenfuse is the State Archivist and Commissioner of Land Patents at the Maryland State Archives. He is the author of several books and articles on Maryland history, including In Pursuit of Profit, a study of the Annapolis merchant community during the American Revolution, and A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature.

Reviews

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