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El Libro de los Baltimore

Autor: Joël Dicker

Número de Páginas: 441

Joël Dicker rescata en El libro de los Baltimore a Marcus Goldman, protagonista de su gran novela La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert. Más de 22.000.000 de lectores Por el ganador del Premio Goncourt des Lycéens, del Gran Premio de Novela de la Academia Francesa, del Premio Lire, del Premio Qué Leer y del Premio San Clemente. #AdictosaDicker « El Libro de los Baltimore es una novela titánica, nabokoviana, altamente recomendable». Laura Fernández, El Cultural « Si encontráis este libro, por favor, leedlo. Querría que alguien supiera la historia de los Goldman-de-Baltimore». Hasta que tuvo lugar el Drama existían dos ramas de la familia Goldman: los Goldman de Baltimore y los Goldman de Montclair. Los Montclair, de los que forma parte Marcus Goldman, autor de La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert, es una familia de clase media que vive en una pequeña casa en el estado de Nueva Jersey. Los Baltimore, prósperos y a los que la suerte siempre ha sonreído, habitan una lujosa mansión en un barrio de la alta sociedad de Baltimore. Ocho años después del Drama, Marcus Goldman pone el pasado bajo la lupa en busca de la verdad sobre el ocaso de la familia. Entre los...

"Brown" in Baltimore

Autor: Howell S. Baum

Número de Páginas: 295

In the first book to present the history of Baltimore school desegregation, Howell S. Baum shows how good intentions got stuck on what Gunnar Myrdal called the "American Dilemma." Immediately after the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, the city's liberal school board voted to desegregate and adopted a free choice policy that made integration voluntary. Baltimore's school desegregation proceeded peacefully, without the resistance or violence that occurred elsewhere. However, few whites chose to attend school with blacks, and after a few years of modest desegregation, schools resegregated and became increasingly segregated. The school board never changed its policy. Black leaders had urged the board to adopt free choice and, despite the limited desegregation, continued to support the policy and never sued the board to do anything else. Baum finds that American liberalism is the key to explaining how this happened. Myrdal observed that many whites believed in equality in the abstract but considered blacks inferior and treated them unequally. School officials were classical liberals who saw the world in terms of individuals, not races. They adopted a desegregation policy that ...

Baltimore Sports

Autor: Daniel A. Nathan

Número de Páginas: 392

To read a sample chapter, visit www.uapress.com. Baltimore is the birthplace of Francis Scott Key’s “The Star-Spangled Banner,” the incomparable Babe Ruth, and the gold medalist Michael Phelps. It’s a one-of-a-kind town with singular stories, well-publicized challenges, and also a rich sporting history. Baltimore Sports: Stories from Charm City chronicles the many ways that sports are an integral part of Baltimore’s history and identity and part of what makes the city unique, interesting, and, for some people, loveable. Wide ranging and eclectic, the essays included here cover not only the Orioles and the Ravens, but also lesser-known Baltimore athletes and teams. Toots Barger, known as the “Queen of the Duckpins,” makes an appearance. So do the Dunbar Poets, considered by some to be the greatest high-school basketball team ever. Bringing together the work of both historians and journalists, including Michael Olesker, former Baltimore Sun columnist, and Rafael Alvarez, who was named Baltimore’s Best Writer by Baltimore Magazine in 2014, Baltimore Sports illuminates Charm City through this fascinating exploration of its teams, fans, and athletes.

The 1958 Baltimore Colts

Autor: George Bozeka

Número de Páginas: 341

The 1958 Baltimore Colts were one of the greatest teams ever in professional football. Owned by the controversial Carroll Rosenbloom and led by head coach Weeb Ewbank and six future Hall of Fame players--Johnny Unitas, Raymond Berry, Lenny Moore, Jim Parker, Art Donovan and Gino Marchetti--they won the NFL title that season, defeating the New York Giants in the first sudden death championship game in NFL history. The Colts laid the foundation for the ultra-popular spectacle football would become with the American public. They were a talented group of players. Many had been rejected or underappreciated at various points in their careers though they were loved and respected by the blue collar fans of Baltimore. This book tells the complete story of the '58 Colts and the city's love affair with the team.

The Baltimore Black Sox

Autor: Bernard Mckenna

Número de Páginas: 213

Providing a comprehensive history of the Baltimore Black Sox from before the team's founding in 1913 through its demise in 1936, this history examines the social and cultural forces that gave birth to the club and informed its development. The author describes aspects of Baltimore's history in the first decades of the 20th century, details the team's year-by-year performance, explores front-office and management dynamics and traces the shaping of the Negro Leagues. The history of the Black Sox's home ballparks and of the people who worked for the team both on and off the field are included.

The Baltimore Engineers and the Chesapeake Bay, 1961-1987

Autor: Joseph L. Arnold

Número de Páginas: 140

Explains the role that the Baltimore District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plays in preserving the Chesapeake Bay.

Industrial Baltimore

Autor: Tom Liebel

Número de Páginas: 132

Over the course of several centuries, Baltimore evolved from a Colonial-era port city to a thriving and dynamic city of nearly a million people at the conclusion of World War II As the city grew, a wide variety of industries were established. Railroads, ports, manufacturing sites, and public infrastructure, such as power plants, fundamentally transformed large swaths of Baltimore's landscape. However, the second half of the 20th century saw a dramatic and often traumatic restructuring of the city's economy; individual businesses and entire industrial sectors downsized, relocated, or completely collapsed. Today many such areas of Baltimore have changed radically as abandoned manufacturing sites have been demolished or converted to new uses. Images of America: Industrial Baltimore documents a vital component of the city's working past through historic photographs of the people and sites that made the city an essential economic engine of the Industrial Revolution.

The Baltimore Stallions

Autor: Ron Snyder

Número de Páginas: 205

Baltimore is home to some of the greatest football players ever to step onto the gridiron. From the Colts' Johnny Unitas to the Ravens' Ray Lewis, Charm City has been blessed with multiple championship teams and plenty of Hall of Fame players. Between the Colts and Ravens, a brief but significant chapter of Baltimore football history was written--the Stallions. Formed in 1994, they posted the most successful single season in the history of the Canadian Football League, when in 1995 they became the only U.S. team to win the Grey Cup. By 1996 the Stallions were gone, undermined by the arrival of the Ravens and the overall failure of the CFL's U.S. expansion efforts. Drawing on original interviews with players, coaches, journalists and fans, this book recalls how the Stallions both captured the imagination and broke the hearts of Baltimore football fans in just 24 months.

A History Lover's Guide to Baltimore

Autor: Brennen Jensen , Tom Chalkley

Número de Páginas: 225

Neither southern nor northern, Baltimore has charted its own course through the American experience. The spires of the nation's first cathedral rose into its sky, and the first blood of the Civil War fell on its streets. Here, enslaved Frederick Douglass toiled before fleeing to freedom and Billie Holiday learned to sing. Baltimore's clippers plied the seven seas, while its pioneering railroads opened the prairie West. The city that birthed "The Star-Spangled Banner" also gave us Babe Ruth and the bottle cap. This guide navigates nearly three hundred years of colorful history--from Johns Hopkins's earnest philanthropy to the raucous camp of John Waters and from modest row houses to the marbled mansions of the Gilded Age. Let local authors Brennen Jensen and Tom Chalkley introduce you to Mencken's "ancient and solid" city.

Baltimore-Washington Maglev Project

Número de Páginas: 790

Tradition, Urban Identity, and the Baltimore “Hon"

Autor: David J. Puglia

Número de Páginas: 191

Baltimoreans have garnered a reputation for greeting one another by tagging “hon” to their speech. In the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, this small piece of local dialect took center stage in a series of rancorous public debates over the identity associated with Baltimore culture. Each time, controversy followed leading to consequences ranging from protests and boycotts to formal legislative action. “Hon” brought into focus Baltimore’s past and future by symbolizing lingering divisions of race, class, gender, and belonging in the midst of campaigns to unify and modernize the city. While some decried “hon” and “the Hon” as embarrassing, others hailed the word and the related image of a down-to-earth, blue-collar woman as emblematic of the authentic Baltimorean. This book tells the story of the battles that flared over the attempts to use “hon” to construct a citywide local tradition and their consequences for the future of local culture in the United States.

The Ordinances of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

Autor: Baltimore (md.).

Número de Páginas: 860

Baltimore Harbor and Channels Navigation Improvement (MD,VA)

Número de Páginas: 308

US-140 (Northwest Expressway), Baltimore City Line to Reistertown and Phase 1 Rapid Transit, Baltimore City Line to Owings Mills, Baltimore County

Número de Páginas: 608

The Baltimore City Code

Autor: Baltimore (md.).

Número de Páginas: 1102

The Port of Baltimore, Maryland

Autor: United States. Board Of Engineers For Rivers And Harbors

Número de Páginas: 372

Vital Statistics of the District of Columbia and Baltimore, Covering a Period of Six Years Ending May 31, 1890

Autor: United States. Census Office. 11th Census, 1890 , United States. Census Office , John Shaw Billings

Número de Páginas: 286

The Trial of Frederick Calvert, Esq; Baron of Baltimore ... for a Rape on the Body of Sarah Woodcock; and of Eliz. Griffinburg, and Ann Harvey, Otherwise Darby, as Accessaries Before the Fact ... Taken in Short-hand by Joseph Gurney

Autor: Frederick Calvert (baron Baltimore.)

Número de Páginas: 152

Baltimore's Boxing Legacy

Autor: Thomas Scharf

Número de Páginas: 134

The boxing history of Baltimore dates back over a century. Over that time the Monumental City has produced seven world champions and numerous top contenders. Joe Gans, the first Baltimorean and African-American ever to win a world title, in 1902, learned his boxing science in the city, earning him the title of "The Old Master" while he shucked oysters on Broadway. Baltimore's Boxing Legacy: 1893 to 2003 chronicles the evolution of fistiana from venues such as the Eureka Athletic Club, Gayety Theatre, Lyric Theatre, Carlin's Park, Baltimore Coliseum, Oriole Park, Steelworkers' Hall, to the Civic Center. It is a tale of ethnicity and race, of color barriers broken, and near-champions and contenders remembered. The likes of Johnny Kid Williams, the Dundee brothers Joe and Vince, Benny Schwartz, Jack Portney, Harry Jeffra, Red Burman, Joe Poodles Sr., Mack Lewis, Vincent Pettway, Hasim Rahman, and many more are showcased in addition to trainers, managers, matchmakers, and promoters.

Climatic Guide for Baltimore, Maryland

Autor: United States. Weather Bureau

Número de Páginas: 52

Ordinances and Resolutions of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

Autor: Baltimore. Ordinances, Etc

Número de Páginas: 304

Annual Report of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad Company

Autor: Philadelphia, Wilmington, And Baltimore Rail Road Company

Número de Páginas: 916

Includes the report of the chief engineer, and proceedings of the stockholders' meeting.

Lectures Delivered to the Employes of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

Autor: Baltimore And Ohio Railroad Company , Henry Newell Martin , Henry Sewell

Número de Páginas: 112

A Record of Interments at the Friends Burial Ground, Baltimore, Maryland (est. 1681)

Autor: Christina Hoopes

Número de Páginas: 80

"The written history of the Friends Burial Ground hints at the difficulties that were involved in the five-year process of assembling a record of interments. Between the mid-1770's and 1796, burials at Friendship were screened by the Burial Ground Committee. No death records were kept, however, until 3rd month 31, 1976. Even then, the archives preserved information on the members only, rather than on the locations of their graves."--Introduction.

Second Report of the Sewerage Commission of the City of Baltimore--

Autor: Baltimore (md.). Sewerage Commission , Sewerage Commission Of The City Of Baltimore

Número de Páginas: 188

El Libro de los Baltimore de Joël Dicker (Guía de lectura)

Autor: Resumenexpress,

Número de Páginas: 23

ResumenExpress.com presenta y analiza en esta guía de lectura El Libro de los Baltimore, una novela del escritor suizo Joël Dicker. En ella escribe la historia familiar del protagonista de su anterior obra La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert, Marcus Goldman, un escritor de éxito. A través de la reagrupación de fuentes y testimonios, Marcus descubre los secretos de su familia. ¡Ya no tienes que leer y resumir todo el libro, nosotros lo hemos hecho por ti! Esta guía incluye: • Un resumen completo del libro • Un estudio de los personajes • Las claves de lectura • Pistas para la reflexión ¿Por qué elegir ResumenExpress.com? Para aprender de forma rápida. Porque nuestras publicaciones están escritas con un estilo claro y conciso que te ayudará a ganar tiempo y a entender las obras sin esfuerzo. Disponibles en formato impreso y digital, te acompañarán en tu aventura literaria. Toma una dosis de literatura acelerada con ResumenExpress.com

Baltimore Streetcars

Autor: Herbert H. Harwood

Número de Páginas: 196

Herbert H. Harwood here gives us a glorious picture of Baltimore in the heyday of the streetcar, combining the story of lines and equipment with a nostalgic view of Baltimore when so many of her people relied on street railways. From the late 1800s through World War II, streetcars transported Baltimore's population to and from work, play, and just about everything else. Bankers and clerks, factory workers and managers, domestics, schoolchildren, shoppers, all rode side-by-side on the streetcars regardless of economic status, level of education, or ethnic background. In a city where residences and schools were segregated, streetcar passengers sat wherever they could. In addition to being a truly democratic institution, streetcars considerably influenced Baltimore's physical growth, enabling families to live farther than ever before from workplaces and thus encouraging early suburbs. Despite rising competition from the private automobile, streetcars remained the mainstay of Baltimore's public transportation system until after World War II, when gas rationing ended and family cars multiplied. Environmentally friendly and for the most part comfortable and reliable, streetcars also had ...

Baltimore's Streetcars and Buses

Autor: Gary Helton

Número de Páginas: 132

In the 1850s, Baltimore's 170,000 residents had few options when it came to getting around town. Before the decade's end, however, the omnibus--an urban version of the stagecoach--emerged as Baltimore's first mass-transit vehicle. Horsecars followed, then cable cars, and ultimately electrically powered streetcars. Recognizing the need for cohesion, the city's myriad transit providers merged into a single operator. United Railways and Electric Company, incorporated in 1899, faced the unenviable task of integrating routes being served by inadequate, incompatible, and often obsolete equipment. Over the next seven decades, privately run mass transit in Baltimore survived bankruptcy, a name change, two world wars, the proliferation of private automobiles, a takeover by out-of-town interests, and a plethora of new vehicles. Arguably a unified system of privately operated mass transit was no closer to being a reality in 1970, when it reached the end of the line and was taken over by the state.

Football in Baltimore

Autor: Ted Patterson

Número de Páginas: 314

Radio/TV sports announcer Patterson has amassed one of the world's premier collections of Baltimore sports memorabilia in this short history of football in the city. He takes readers on a tour of his remarkable assemblage, not only to highlight the remarkable games and players, but also to explore the pop culture that has survived them. 250 photos, 48 in color.