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MARYLAND / DELAWARE HISTORY
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| Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay Donald G. Shomette hardcover 390 pages 0-87033-480-8 29.95 This trilogy of underwater archaeology tales includes the little known story of how the largest ship graveyard in the U.S. (and perhaps the world) came to lie beneath Mallows Bay off the Potomac. |
 
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| The Great Port of Baltimore Helen Delich Bentley & F. Key Kidder trade paper 64 pages 9781424304356 30.00 Wonderful color photos and archival shots of the “Port that built a city and a state” enhance a story that only the acknowledged “Godmother of the Port of Baltimore,” author Bentley, could tell. |
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| Having My Say: Conversations With Chesapeake Bay Waterman Wylie “Gator” Abbott A.M. Foley trade paper 256 pages 096729472X 18.95 This entertaining biography takes the reader inside the life of Wylie Abbott, locally-renowned hunter, guide, muskrat skinner and Eastern Shore waterman. |
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| The Hidden Galleon John Amrhein, Jr. hardcover 550 pages 9780979687204 32.95 Meticulously researched, this maritime history examines the legend of La Galga, a 1750 Spanish warship that may be the lost galleon that brought the wild ponies to Assateague Island. B & w and color photos. |
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| In Days Gone By and Other Tales from Delmarva Hal Roth trade paper 224 pages 0964769476 12.95 We consider Mr. Roth the laureate of the peninsula and his latest offering features 27 short stories about Delmarva's people, oral history and folklore. It is illustrated with photographs, paintings and drawings. |
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| An Island Out of Time Tom Horton hardcover 316 pages 0-762827-78-5 4.99 This value-priced edition is the story of the author's three years on the island- a deeply traditional community that is on the verge of vanishing. |
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| An Island Out of Time Tom Horton trade paper 336 pages 9780393331462 15.95 Here is a new trade edition of a classic of Chesapeake Bay literature about Smith Island. In a new afterword for this edition, the author brings the story up to the present. |
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| It's How You Pick the Crab Kelly Feltault et alia staple bound 40 pages 9780922249091 9.95 Black and white photos and oral histories of the people who have made their living picking crabs over the last century make for fascinating reading. |
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| The "Kalmar Nyckel" and Fort Christina Maxson & Young trade paper 57 pages 0-9704692-6-8 8.95 The fourth in the "Magical History Tours" series follows Michael and Emily as they travel back in time to the founding of Fort Christina near what is now Wilmington, Delaware in 1638. Their adventure includes the exploration of the Swedish ship "Kalmar Nyckel" and an audience with the young Queen Christina. |
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| The "Kalmar Nyckel" and Fort Christina Resource Guide Maxson & Young comb binding unpaged 0-9704692-7-6 13.95 This guide presents numerous activities to assist teachers in integrating social studies across the curriculum. |
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| Kissed by a Minnow, Pinched by a Crab James Parker trade paper 128 pages 09707972-0-6 19.95 Here is a wonderful collection of b & w photos, essays and fiction celebrating (but not overly romanticizing) the life of the waterman. |
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| The Last Waterman Glenn Lawson trade paper 210 pages 0-9620439-0-7 12.95 This regional classic recounts the true story of a Chesapeake waterman, struggling to keep a way of life his family had passed on for eleven generations. |
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| Lenapehoking: Land of the Delawares Maxson & Young trade paper 60 pages 0-9704692-1-7 8.95 In this book geared for young readers, two children time travel to experience the life of the Lenape tribe in 1631. |
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| Lenapehoking: Resource Guide Maxson & Young spiral bound unpaged 0-9704692-3-3 13.95 This valuable resource guide for educators includes reading comprehension questions, writing, math, economic, science and map skill activities as well as information on field trips and cyber trips that tie in with "Lenapehoking: Land of the Delawares". |
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| Lost Towns of Tidewater Maryland Donald G. Shomette hardcover 370 pages 0-87033-527-8 36.95 This book details the fate of ten towns, chosen as a representative sampling of the many early settlements that failed to thrive. |
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| Maryland Folklore George G. Carey trade paper 163 pages 0-87033-396-8 12.95 This enjoyable survey of folklore and folklife in Maryland is a fascinating guide to the traditions that exist right under people's noses- if they take the time to look. |
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