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Informationen zum Autor Francis F. Beirne was an associate editor of the Baltimore Sunpapers who, for many years, wrote a syndicated column under the name Christopher Billopp. The Amiable Baltimoreans was originally part of the Society of America Series, a group of "independent volumes by distinguished writers devoted to the important cities and sections of the country." Klappentext The eighth volume in Society in America Ser?? chronicles the temperate course of this city of ??serenity and homely comforts both as a sightseeing and tourist guide and as an unhurried introduction to people and events in her past. The story of the railroads! martial events! of the statues! and of Baltimore beauties in international and domestic circles: the background of the churchmen and of the days when the city was known as "Mobtown"! of medicine and education! of the theater! conventions! firefighters! the weather! sports! food: the part that Germans! Jews and Negroes have played: the many firsts in its story: its newspaper and literary worlds and the blood lines of its large families: -this makes a lively record which has more continuity than most because of the heritage of the first merchant princes - Peabody! Hopkins! Pratt and Walters - which contributed much to the city's development. A friendly account proving how many have gotten to be Baltimoreans by way of other birthplaces! and making the most of the color and accent that distinguishes this city from all others. (Kirkus Reviews) Zusammenfassung Informative! amusing! and sometimes discomforting! it offers an incomparable look into the city's past and revealing insight into the way it seemed to one informed observer thirty years ago.
