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You might not think that Thurgood Marshall, Edgar Allan Poe and Johnny Unitas have a whole lot in common, but they are all celebrated Baltimoreans - and there are more where they came from. Check out our list to learn more about the V.I.P.S of Charm City.
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Billie's Blues: The Billie Holiday Story, 1933-1959
John Chilton
Paperback/1989
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Johnny Unitas: America's Quarterback
Lou Sahadi
Paperback /2004 |
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Baltimore native Billie Holiday emerges from this book as a warm, living human being with a remarkable amount of wisdom regarding her own struggles and failings.
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Veteran sports journalist Sahadi combines game accounts and interviews with teammates and coaches to tell Unitas' story, which makes ideal fodder for the daydreams of aspiring athletes: skinny kid gets cut by the Pittsburgh Steelers, plays semi-pro ball for a year, and gets a second chance with the Baltimore Colts.
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Narrative Of The Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave
Frederick Douglass
Paperback/2003 |
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William Donald Schaefer: A Political Biography
C. Fraser Smith
Paperback/1999 |
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This is the voice of the slaves that went unheard. It is a journey through the life of a slave who found freedom and lived to write about it.
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Baltimore's "Do It Now" mayor, two-term Maryland governor, and current comptroller of the treasury. William Donald Schaefer may be the most colorful character ever to play on the Free State's political stage.
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Reminiscing with Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake
Robert Kimball
Paperback/2005 |
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Levinson on Levinson
David Thompson
Paperback/1993 |
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Based on extensive interviews, this beautifully illustrated book recounts the lives and music of ragtime pianist-composer Eubie Blake and his singer, lyricist and bandleader Noble Sissle.
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A fantastic book and a must-read for a fan of Levinson's Work, much of which was filmed here in Baltimore.
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The Vintage Mencken
H.L .Mencken
Paperback /1990
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Thurgood Marshall, American Revolutionary
Juan Williams
Paperback/1998
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Primarily consisting of Mencken's "The Free Lance" columns for the Baltimore Sun-Times, this book provides a picture of a Mencken even most literati are unfamiliar with today: the scrupulous, knowledgeable, skeptical reporter.
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The book is a strong piece of journalism crammed with fascinating detail, written in an unassuming style driven by factual narrative.
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Great Short Works of Edgar Allen Poe
Edgar Allen Poe
Paperback/2003 |
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Cal: A Tribute to an American Hero
York Daily Record
Paperback /2001 |
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A collection of poems and short stories, from the best of his comic and satiric works to the best of his Gothic works.
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A Tribute to the Ironman.
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Ripken: Cal on Cal
Cal Ripken
Paperback /1995 |
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Mencken: The American Iconoclast
H.L. Mencken
Hardcover /2005 |
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Baseball needs more players with the dedication of Baltimore Oriole shortstop Cal Ripken, who broke Lou Gehrig's seemingly unbreakable consecutive-games-played streak.
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A no-nonsense look at one of the 20th century's finest journalists.
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