In 1918, while Henry Louis Mencken was editing 'The Smart Set' in New York and working on 'The Am...

A stunning visual accompaniment to the history of the state with 330 full color reproductions fro...

The enthralling story of the eleven hundred brave souls who chose to emigrate back to the west co...

According to most historians, in 1645-46, Richard Ingle and his ship 'Reformation 'terrorized the...

Over the past 130 years, Elizabeth 'Betsy' Patterson Bonaparte has inspired countless books, movi...

Spectrum of Fashion accompanies the eponymous exhibition at the Maryland Historical Society (Oct ...

Emma Randolph, a young woman not yet twenty, wrote poignant letters to her distant cousin, Privat...

First published in 1964 by the Johns Hopkins University Press, the book recounts in lively prose ...

An extraordinary narrative of the oldest continuously operating penitentiary in the Western World...

The blood of the Hambletons is the blood of Maryland, a rich land stretching from the shores of t...

A lively look at the Chesapeake Bay and what has happened to it over the last five centuries. Not...

Beautifully illustrated with dozens of photographs and maps, Chesapeake Ferries is a tribute to t...

Fascinating and entertaining lore on Maryland place names from Accident to Zittelstown. This rich...

Do You Remember?

What we present here is a collection of the most significant outdoor views, interiors (which had ...

Street gangs were rampant in the 1850s and nowhere more than Baltimore. Tracy Melton has gone bac...

Alexandra Deutsch literally 'unpacks¿ Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte's personal belongings in this...

The story of Baltimore's great conflagration of 1904 is told with meticulous and thrilling detail.

Making extensive use of primary sources, C. Christopher Brown has broken new ground and filled a ...

The true tale of a boy with a talent for seeing life and stories in objects and people and places...

Coin collectors and enthusiasts have long been familiar with the story of two boys who unearthed ...

A story of family, place, and time before the Chesapeake Bay Bridge paved over a way of life with...

In Full Glory Reflected is an enchanting invitation to travel the Star- Spangled Banner National ...

With an engaging question-and-answer format, this book offers a concise and informative introduct...

Baltimore's high-spirited, independent and controversial Betsy Patterson married Napoleon's broth...

This is the story of Thomas McCreary, a slave catcher from Cecil County, Maryland. Reviled by som...

Originally published in 1978, this revised and expanded profile captures in vivid detail the uniq...

In 1700, Maryland's new capital at Annapolis was a hamlet in a wilderness whose shoreline looked,...

Their dispatches, which reported the war with the immediacy of real time, make up the core of thi...

Lavishly designed with many full color illustrations, the Faris Diary offers a craftsman's view o...

Collectors and antiques dealers have long awaited such a book.

Reproducing over 70 maps, 15 in full color, from John White's 1590 map of Virginia showing 'Chese...

An intimate look at a charming old Baltimore neighborhood, who built it, who lived there, and why...

A collection of approximately forty portraits with mini biographies of Maryland's extraordinary A...

This new edition is a comprehensive research guide to all of Maryland's family history resources,...

With rare archival illustrations, including over 150 prints and photographs, many in full color, ...