In 1952, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge opened for travelers in Maryland and created unprecedented access from the mainland to the Eastern Shore and the beaches of t

An appendix documents the many small islands that have dropped entirely from view since the seventeenth century.

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A stunning array of 286 digitally restored photographs by the great Maryland photographer chronicles life in five distinct regions of Maryland--Baltimore and it

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