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MARYLAND / DELAWARE HISTORY
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| Chesapeake Sailing Craft Robert H. Burgess edited by William A. Fox hardcover 322 pages 0870335723 34.95 This expanded edition of a regional classic presents a rare photographic record of 1925-1975, depicting Bay sailing craft from log canoe to four-masted schooner. Previously out of print for many years, this new work will inspire a new generation of readers. |
 
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| Chesapeake Rumrunners of the Roaring Twenties Eric Mills hardcover 192 pages 0-87033-518-9 25.95 In a style reminiscent of the era it describes, the author brings to life the world of mobster and preacher, rumrunner and revenue man, moonshine and "real McCoy." |
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| Chesapeake Steamboats: Vanished Fleet David C. Holly hardcover 308 pages 0-87033-455-7 29.95 This book portrays the steamboat era (1813- 1963) on the Chesapeake, which matched in glamour and excitement the steamboats' history on the Mississippi. |
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| City on the Sand Mary Corddry trade paper 200 pages 0-87033-551-0 16.95 Now available in a handsome trade paperback format, this is an appealing portrait of Ocean City, Maryland- a magnet for vacationers for more than a century. B & W photos and sketches. |
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| Comical and Curious Tales of the Eastern Shore Arthur King Fisher staple bound 60 pages 0-9649690-2-5 9.95 Here are more than 125 funny stories that all happened to Eastern Shoremen. Our favorites are the Aunt Gladys stories. |
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| Conversations in a Country Store Hal Roth trade paper 0-9647694-0-9 214 pages 12.95 Pull up a bench and enjoy these folksy tales in the idiom and dialect that make old Eastern Shore speech so rich. |
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| Dancing with the Tide Mick Blackistone hardcover 266 pages 0-87033-532-4 24.95 This book takes the reader on a journey with the watermen as they harvest oysters, clams, fish and crabs, showing the serious and humorous sides of a typical day. |
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| Deadrise and Cross-planked Larry S. Chowning trade paper 178 pages 9780870335884 34.95 Written by one of the most notable bay historians, this is a journey into the history of 20th century wooden deadrise boat building, highlighting its role in Chesapeake Bay culture. B & w photos. |
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| Delmarva Remembered Morgan C. Lee trade paper 170 pages 9781930052406 12.95 Enjoy a little bit of Delmarva history, find a chuckle or two and catch a glimpse of a land and culture that may be vanishing. |
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| Disappearing Delmarva Ed Okonowicz hardcover 200 pages 1-890690-00-7 38.00 These portraits of 70 plain but proud people who comprise a living history of the peninsula explain how their lifestyles and professions are endangered by "progress." |
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| Down on the Shore Adele V. Holden trade paper 240 pages 0-87033-547-2 15.95 This is a reminiscence of poet Adele Holden, who grew up in the early years of the twentieth century in a segregated area known as "the shore". Through the difficult Depression years, she pursues the dream of a better life through education that her parents fostered in her. |
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| Eastern Shore Wordbook Arthur King Fisher staple bound 26 pages 0-9649690-1-7 6.95 Eastern Shore folk cures, words and expressions, folk meteorology and horticulture in one compact source. |
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| Elliott's Island: The Land That Time Forgot Foley & Waller trade paper 224 pages 0967294703 24.95 Tracing the 300-year history and genealogy of the inhabitants of Elliott's, Gray's and Langrall's Islands, this chronicle captures the charm, faith, architecture and wit of the islanders. |
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| The Entailed Hat George Alfred Townshend ("GATH") Hal Roth, editor trade paper 447 pages 0-9647694-3-3 16.95 This 19th century historical novel has been called "the most popular even written" about the Delmarva peninsula and its Patty Cannon information gathered first hand prompts us to include it here with history. |
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| Entertaining Words from the Eastern Shore Arthur King Fisher staple bound 26 pages 0-9649690-0-9 6.95 More fun with sayings, malapropisms, spoonerisms, euphemisms, and Eastern Shore tall tales. |
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| Friends, Neighbors & Folks Down the Road Ed Okonowicz hardcover 208 pages 1890690120 30.00 Following up from Disappearing Delmarva, here are profiles of fascinating people from Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania who are unique in their own ways. Enhanced by many photos. |
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