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Located just below the Mason-Dixon line, Maryland is flavored with both northern and southern culture and tradition.Defined by the largest estuary in the United States (The Chesapeake Bay), Maryland's historic sites/sights include capital city Annapolis and the U.S Naval Academy, Muddy Creek Falls, and the running of the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore.Noteworthy residents include Harriet Tubman and Fancis Scott Key. ... Read more

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what a nice introduction of state of Maryland
I bought this book for kids who have recently moved to Maryland. It gives a lot of interesting facts of the state of Maryland. And the illustrations are wonderful.

childs book
interesting for a child as well as the adult that is reading it. It grows with the child. It has a childs version, then a history version as they grow to understand. Very good book.

Great Series
This is a great series - esp. if you'd like to introduce a place before visiting.We bought L is for Lobster before visiting Maine & found it was fun for many levels of readers and great pics for the little ones.

Beautiful illustrations! Informative too.
I bought this book for a 2-year-old, but it is definitely for an older child, so I am giving it to a 5-year-old instead. The illustrations are colorful and realistic -- almost photographic in detail. Each letter represents something about Maryland. For instance, E is for Eastern Shore. There is a short verse pertaining to each letter, as well as a side-panel that gives a longer, more detailed explanation about that thing. This is the type of book that should stay in the family library, and can be enjoyed by adults too. If my grandmother were still alive, I would buy it for her, because she had so much Maryland pride. ... Read more

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An essential read for those concerned with the Maryland oyster's future
This book reads much like a doctoral dissertation, but it is an essential read for those of us concerned about the oyster's future in Maryland waters, and Dr. Keiner has written it well.The book includes well over 100 pages of notes/references which itself is an important contribution.If I had been the dissertation director for a project of this kind, I would have asked that discussions with watermen on various aspects of oyster history be included and referenced, but I can think of no other additions that I would have made.There are a few editing and proofing issues, but they're not particularly distracting.

The book provides important background for legislators as well as watermen, and I was surprised to find that the one Maryland DNR representative I spoke with yesterday at the public comment session on the Governor's oyster plan did not know of it. This is a particularly important moment in time for the Maryland oyster, so the book is timely.To those who have vested interest in the future of the oyster and those will vote on this issue in November, I think you should read it. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Jones ... Read more

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"Must reading in a city that reinvented itself by seeking itsharbor roots." -- Baltimore Magazine.

"Mr. Horton -- a Baltimore journalist who has developed a devoted but hitherto local following -- ventures into a small, distinguished circle of nature writers. Fans of Aldo Leopold, John McPhee and Sigurd Olson won't be disappointed. This is not merely a book for those who already know the Chesapeake, although they will be enchanted by Tom Horton's vast knowledge, narrative skills and eye for detail. Like the true bay native he is, Mr. Horton uses the Chesapeake as a limitless resource from which to harvest a great bounty of observations about politics, nature, and human beings." -- New York Times Book Review.

"Sailing down the Chesapeake in this book is bracing, for Horton is knowledgeable, thoughtful, full of wonder about the natural world and outspoken... As Smith Islanders might say, it's a `right smart' book." -- Washington Post.

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Loving, rounded, view of a complex ecological issue
"Bay Country" does justice to the many legitimate claims on the Chesapeake Bay. Horton loves the bay, its grasses, oysters, crabs, and rockfish; the watermen who live off it and exploit it, and the ways of lifeand physical artifacts -- bridges, old roads, cabins -- people have builtaround it. He also knows its lovers, including him, are killing it. Heportrays the bay and its life, its tributaries(including a wonderful esseyon how hard it is to wring every last pollutant from sewer water) thewatermen, their traditional (and tight) communities, and the hard life theymake from its resources. He has chapters on wind and energy use by peopleand animals. Horton poetically evokes the bay's charms, in a book that ispart nature writing, part sociology, part ecological economy, and part agloss on Pogo's famous remark, "We have met the enemy and he isus." Not a particularly hopeful book, but a very realistic one, fairto all sides and to the glorious bay itself. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Parkville is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 31,118. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.2 square miles (11.0 km²), all of it land. Census Bureau maps designate the borders as I-695 from Loch Raven Blvd. to Putty Hill Ave. to the North, Putty Hill Ave. from I-695 to Fowler Ave., Fowler Ave. from Putty Hill Ave. to Hiss Ave., Hiss Ave. from Fowler Ave. to Glen Road to the East, the Baltimore City/Baltimore County border from near Glen Road to Loch Raven Blvd. to the South, and Loch Raven Blvd. from the city line to I-695 to the West. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Woodbine is located in Howard and Carroll counties, in the Baltimore, Maryland, metropolitan area. The community was named for the plant, which grew in this town in fields and along riverbanks.Woodbine is located at the juncture of the Patapsco River, the B&O Railroad, and the road that runs north from Lisbon to Winfield, Maryland on Liberty Road (Maryland Route 26) and through to Westminster, Maryland. The original road from Baltimore to Frederick runs just north of Lisbon, following a slight ridge line westward half way to Woodbine (the road was finally paved in the 1960s). This was the original trail that existed before the National Road was built (the road that runs through Lisbon). ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Frederick County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering the southern border of Pennsylvania and the northeastern border of Virginia. It is a part of the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area, and is often recognized as part of Western Maryland. The county is home to Catoctin Mountain Park (encompassing the presidential retreat Camp David) and to the U.S. Army's Fort Detrick. ... Read more

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The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It lies off the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay's watershed covers 64,299 square miles (166,534 km2) in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. More than 150 rivers and streams drain into the Bay. The Chesapeake Bay is approximately 200 miles (300 km) long, from the Susquehanna River in the north to the Atlantic Ocean in the south. At its narrowest point between Kent County's Plum Point (near Newtown) and the Harford County shore near Romney Creek, the Bay is 2.8 miles (4.5 km) wide; at its widest point, just south of the mouth of the Potomac River, it is 30 miles (50 km) wide. Total shoreline for the Bay and its tributaries is 11,684 miles (18,804 km), and the surface area of the bay and its major tributaries is 4,479 square miles (11,601 km2). Depth of the bay is 46 feet (14 m) and maximum depth of bay is 208 feet (63 m). The bay is spanned in two places. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! U.S. Route 40 in Maryland runs from western Maryland to Cecil County in the state's northeastern corner. With a total length of over 200 miles (320 km), it is the longest numbered highway in Maryland. Almost half of the road overlaps with Interstate 68 or Interstate 70, while the old alignment is generally known as U.S. Route 40 Alternate, U.S. Route 40 Scenic, or Maryland Route 144. West of Baltimore, the portions where it does not overlap an Interstate highway are mostly two-lane roads. ... Read more

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Includes chapters on Physiography, Geology (and Micocene & Pleistocene formations) , Mineral resources, Soils, Climate, Hydrology, and Forests of Talbot County. Several photographs ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County,Maryland, United States.Contained within today'sCity of Greenbelt is the historic, planned communitynow known locally as "Old Greenbelt" and designatedas the Greenbelt Historic District. Greenbelt'spopulation was 21,456 at the 2000 census. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! GlenBurnie is a census-designated place (CDP) inAnne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, and isa suburb of Baltimore. The population was 38,922 atthe 2000 census. The groundwork for Glen Burnie waslaid in 1812, when a district attorney by the nameof Elias Glenn established a county seat near whatis currently known as Brooklyn Park in BaltimoreCounty. He named his property "Glennsburne". Thename was changed to "Glennsbourne Farm", andeventually "Glenburnie", as the property was passedthrough Glenn's descendants. Records also show thename as "Tracey's Station" and "Myrtle", after localpostmaster Samuel Sewell Tracey and one of Tracey'sboarders, before the final decision was made. ... Read more

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The Dust Bowl of the 1930s is usually known for being the period for severe drought across many states; 1934, 1936 and 1939 were extremely hot and dry years across the United States. Hot temperatures led to the deaths of many people, livestock and animals all over the United States. Temperatures of 100 °F (38 °C) to 105 °F (41 °C) or higher would be very common over the United States; dust storms were also common; many people residing in the United States suffered. Worse, these droughts hit while the Great Depression was affecting economies, families and children over the United States. The Northeastern United States were hit with devastating drought which lasted almost four or five years in the 1960s. The drought affected multiple regional cities from Virginia into Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York; the drought also affected certain Midwest States. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Southern Maryland in popular usage is composed of the state's southernmost counties on the "Western Shore" of the Chesapeake Bay. This region includes all of Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's counties and sometimes the southern portions of Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties. Southern Maryland was originally inhabited by Piscataway Indians. Captain John Smith explored the area in 1608 and 1609. In 1634 St. Mary's City, at southern Maryland's lower tip was the site of the first Roman Catholic English settlement in North America. Tobacco plantations flourished in southern Maryland during slavery. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!Cumberland is a city in the far western portion ofMaryland, United States. It is the county seat ofAllegany County, and the primary city of theCumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Asof the 2000 census, the city had a population of21,591. Cumberland is a regional business andcommercial center for Western Maryland and thePotomac Highlands of West Virginia. Cumberland isalso known for being the city in which the BakedPotato was invented. ... Read more

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Anne Arundel County is a county located in the U.S. stateof Maryland. It is named for Anne Arundell (1615–49), amember of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall,England and the wife of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd BaronBaltimore. Its county seat is Annapolis, which is also thecapital of the state. In 2000, its population was 489,656,while in 2003 the population was estimated to have reached506,620. Anne Arundel County forms part of the Baltimore- Washington metropolitan area. The center of population ofMaryland is located on the county line between Anne ArundelCounty and Howard County, in the unincorporated town ofJessup ... Read more