Charm City: A Walk Through Baltimore (Crown Journeys)

Charm City: A Walk Through Baltimore (Crown Journeys)

With a writerâ€™s keen eye, a longtime residentâ€™s familiarity, and his own sly wit, acclaimed novelist Madison Smartt Bell leads us on a walk through his adopted hometown of Baltimore, a city where crab cakes, Edgar Allan Poe, hair extensions, and John Waters movies somehow coexist. From its founding before the Revolutionary War to its place in popular cultureâ€”thanks to seminal films like Barry Levinsonâ€™s Diner, the television show Homicide, and bestselling books by George Pelecanos and Laura Lippmanâ€”Baltimore is America, and in Charm City, Bell brings its story to vivid life.

First revealing how Baltimore received some of its nicknamesâ€”including â€œCharm Cityâ€â€”Bell sets off from his neighborhood of Cedarcroft and finds his way across the cityâ€™s crossroads, joined periodically by a host of fellow Baltimoreans. Exploring Baltimoreâ€™s prominent role in history (it was here that Washington planned the battle of Yorktown and Francis Scott Key witnessed the â€œbombs bursting in airâ€), Bell takes us to such notable spots as the Inner Harbor and Federal Hill, as well as many of the undiscovered corners that give Baltimore its distinctive character. All the while, Charm City sheds deserved light onto a sometimes overlooked, occasionally eccentric, but always charming place.
Country USA
Brand CROWN
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2007-11-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307342065

Country	USA
Brand	CROWN
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2007-11-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307342065

Charm City: A Walk Through Baltimore (Crown Journeys)

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