Baltimore Close Up

Combining old Southern charm with Northern

practicality, Baltimore is a city of unique flavor. With

close to 200 images, including many never before seen,

historian Christopher T. George explores and celebrates

the history of the city that gave us our national anthem.

In Baltimore Close Up, readers will discover the heritage

of this important American community. Once home to

Edgar Allan Poe, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Billie

Holiday, Cab Calloway, Babe Ruth, Frederick Douglass,

and Thurgood Marshall, Baltimore boasts an impressive

and unique history. It is a fabled sports city, known for

Chesapeake Bay seafood and for our nation's first major

monument to George Washington. In this impressive

and unprecedented collection, the author illustrates what

makes Baltimore famous