Bibliograph

A lovely place, a fighting place, a charmer, the Baltimore anthology, Gary M. Almeter & Rafael Alvarez

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A lovely place, a fighting place, a charmer, the Baltimore anthology, Gary M. Almeter & Rafael Alvarez

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A lovely place, a fighting place, a charmer

Oclc number

1269482162

Responsibility statement

Gary M. Almeter & Rafael Alvarez

Series statement

Belt city anthologiesCity anthologies

Sub title

the Baltimore anthology

Summary

"A part of Belt's City Anthology Series, a unique take on Charm City through the eyes of those who live there every day. To many outsiders, Baltimore is a city famous for its poverty and violence, twin ills that have been compounded by decades of racial segregation and the loss of manufacturing jobs. But that portrait has only given us a skewed view of a truly unique and diverse American city, a locale completely its own. In the over thirty-five essays, poems, and short stories collected here, the authors take an unfiltered look at the ins and outs of Baltimore's past and present"--, Back cover'A part of Belt's City Anthology Series, a unique take on Charm City through the eyes of those who live there every day. To many outsiders, Baltimore--sometimes derisively called "Mobtown" or "Bodymore"--is a city famous for its poverty and violence, twin ills that have been compounded by decades of racial segregation and the loss of manufacturing jobs. But that portrait has only given us a skewed view of a truly unique and diverse American city, the place that produced Babe Ruth, Elijah Cummings, Nancy Pelosi, Edgar Allan Poe, John Waters, and Thurgood Marshall, and a city that's completely its own. In the over thirty-five essays, poems, and short stories collected here, the authors take an unfiltered look at the ins and outs of Baltimore's past and present. You'll hear about the first time an umbrella appeared in the Inner Harbor, nineteenth-century grave robbers, and the city's history with redlining and blockbusting. But you'll also get a deeper sense of what life is like in Baltimore today, including stories about urban gardening in Bolton Hill, the slow demise of local journalism, what life was like in the city during COVID, and the legacy of Freddie Gray"--, Amazon.com

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Baltimore anthology

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