Charm City

A Walk Through Baltimore

Nonfiction, Travel, United States, Adventure & Literary Travel, History, Americas
Cover of the book Charm City by Madison Smartt Bell, Crown/Archetype
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Madison Smartt Bell ISBN: 9780307407429
Publisher: Crown/Archetype Publication: November 6, 2007
Imprint: Crown Language: English
Author: Madison Smartt Bell
ISBN: 9780307407429
Publisher: Crown/Archetype
Publication: November 6, 2007
Imprint: Crown
Language: English

With a writer’s keen eye, a longtime resident’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 culture—thanks to seminal films like Barry Levinson’s Diner, the television show Homicide, and bestselling books by George Pelecanos and Laura Lippman—Baltimore is America, and in Charm City, Bell brings its story to vivid life.

First revealing how Baltimore received some of its nicknames—including “Charm City”—Bell sets off from his neighborhood of Cedarcroft and finds his way across the city’s crossroads, joined periodically by a host of fellow Baltimoreans. Exploring Baltimore’s prominent role in history (it was here that Washington planned the battle of Yorktown and Francis Scott Key witnessed the “bombs bursting in air”), 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.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

With a writer’s keen eye, a longtime resident’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 culture—thanks to seminal films like Barry Levinson’s Diner, the television show Homicide, and bestselling books by George Pelecanos and Laura Lippman—Baltimore is America, and in Charm City, Bell brings its story to vivid life.

First revealing how Baltimore received some of its nicknames—including “Charm City”—Bell sets off from his neighborhood of Cedarcroft and finds his way across the city’s crossroads, joined periodically by a host of fellow Baltimoreans. Exploring Baltimore’s prominent role in history (it was here that Washington planned the battle of Yorktown and Francis Scott Key witnessed the “bombs bursting in air”), 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.

More books from Americas

Cover of the book The Sleepwalking Slasher: The True Crime of Samuel J. Keelor by Madison Smartt Bell
Cover of the book Sent by Earth by Madison Smartt Bell
Cover of the book After Henry by Madison Smartt Bell
Cover of the book Protocols of Liberty by Madison Smartt Bell
Cover of the book Serving God and Country by Madison Smartt Bell
Cover of the book Ain't That America by Madison Smartt Bell
Cover of the book Jungle Rules by Madison Smartt Bell
Cover of the book Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: General P.G.T. Beauregards Account of Fort Sumter by Madison Smartt Bell
Cover of the book Americans All by Madison Smartt Bell
Cover of the book Making Harvard Modern by Madison Smartt Bell
Cover of the book Revolution at Querétaro by Madison Smartt Bell
Cover of the book Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology by Madison Smartt Bell
Cover of the book Our Southern Home: Scottsboro to Montgomery to Birmingham - The Transformation of the South in the Twentieth Century by Madison Smartt Bell
Cover of the book The Adventures of Kele: Boy of the Rock Shelter by Madison Smartt Bell
Cover of the book Cape Cod by Madison Smartt Bell
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy