Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State

by Edward C. Papenfuse, Robert J. Brugger, Earl Arnett, et al.

Book Overview

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.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801859808
• ISBN13: 9780801859809
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

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Maryland is not a state many people think of when they consider a travel destination. That, of course, doesn't mean that Maryland isn't dense with cultural, historical, and natural treasures. This book covers all of them in fine detail, with an emphasis on the cultural and historical. It's not a travel guide per se, but more of an historical and cultural survey of the state's towns and institutions. That said, it covers them exhaustively. I lived in Maryland for almost 20 years, in Frederick County, and I've not found a better portrait of that beautiful part of the United States anywhere. Want to know this little, modest border state? Read this book.