A complete, compact, and reliable companion for travel anywhere in the
state.
From Antietam to Assateague, from Charles County's Tobacco Road to the
mountainous Green Ridge Forest, the natural and historic sites of
Maryland are among the nation's richest and most diverse. Now, the newly
revised and updated edition of this widely acclaimed guidebook provides
a complete, compact, and reliable companion for travel anywhere in the
state.
First published as a project of the Works Progress Administration in
1940 and last revised for the 1976 bicentennial, Maryland: A New Guide
to the Old Line State has been reorganized, rewritten, and completely
updated. Personally traveling nearly all of the 5,000 miles covered, the
authors combine first-hand experience with the latest scholarly
research. The result is a unique new guidebook that tells the stories of
Maryland's familiar people and places and of those often overlooked.
Travelers can follow Piscataway Indian trails as well as John Wilkes
Booth's escape route; visit the homes of Frederick Douglass and Harriet
Tubman as well as the mansions in Annapolis and Hampton; explore the
sites of the Crisfield oyster boom and Georges Creek coal rush as well
as those of John Brown's raid and the Battle of Antietam. The updated
Guide also provides information on the many museums and visitor
attractions in Baltimore, Frederick, and other Maryland cities.
Supplementing the more than 120 archival photographs are contemporary
ones by photographer Edwin Remsberg which show the immensity of changes
the state has undergone. Some photos literally look down the same street
or road fifty or sixty years later, revealing dramatic urban development
or subtle shifts in mood. Fifty new maps by cartographer Bill Nelson
offer an accurate guide to every tour.
Previous editions of this book have been hailed as definitive touring
guides to Maryland. Now once more revised and updated--and this time
fully reorganized--Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State emerges
as a freshly appealing guidebook for native, newcomer, and visitor
alike.
