Mona, Does this book cover the area around Canton. My Applegarth family had a boatyard there in the late 1800/early 1900 era. The Young and Miskimon families also lived in the area. Betty Hughson ----- Original Message ----- From: "mona everett" <cowpost@msn.com> To: <BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 3:09 PM Subject: [BALTGEN-L] Book recommendation > Hello All! > > I was going to post about how great this book was yesterday, and then I > got this notice today. I sure wish I could be there for the book signing. > This is a great book if you are interested in Baltimore in the 1840s-70 or > so. The author includes lots of names--especially in the west and > northwest parts of the city--and has a fabulous bibliography. > > I had just picked this book up at the MD Archives on my trip there in > March and just finished reading it. > > Mona > > Book Signing > > > Fells Point Maritime Museum > > 1724 Thames St. Baltimore 21231 > > > > Sunday, May 21, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. > > > > Hanging Henry Gambrill: > > The Violent Career of Baltimore's Plug Uglies, 1854-1860 > > By Tracy Matthew Melton > > > > > > HANGING HENRY GAMBRILL brings to life the gangs behind the violence of the > 1850s: The Rip Raps, Black Snakes, and Blood Tubs; the Regulators, Rough > Skins, Double Pumps, and Tigers. Here, too, is the redoubtable New Market > Fire Company and their deadly rivals, the Mount Vernon Hook-and-Ladder, > whose members proudly rallied under the Plug Ugly banner. HANGING HENRY > GAMBRILL places the reader amid the raw color and mayhem of Baltimore's > tumultuous streets as never before. > > > > "Five stars...for Hanging Henry Gambrill...an engrossing > > book...a riveting story of violence, murder and > > trial...." > > > > > Special 20% Discount for All Members of the Baltimore City Fire > Department, Police Department, and Division of Corrections. > > PLUS 10% off brunch at Kooper's Tavern and the Waterfront Hotel with a > book or museum sticker. > > > For more information, contact Joyce Wouters at > jwouters@mdhs.org<about:blank> or 410.685.3750 ext.386. > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > This list is for Genealogical Only, > Join us at MD-BALTO-CUL-L@rootsweb.com for discussions on > culture and heritage in the Baltimore area > >

Not specifically. Mona ----- Original Message ----- From: tippytoe<mailto:tippytoe@goeaston.net> To: BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [BALTGEN-L] Book recommendation Mona, Does this book cover the area around Canton. My Applegarth family had a boatyard there in the late 1800/early 1900 era. The Young and Miskimon families also lived in the area. Betty Hughson ----- Original Message ----- From: "mona everett" <cowpost@msn.com<mailto:cowpost@msn.com>> To: <BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 3:09 PM Subject: [BALTGEN-L] Book recommendation > Hello All! > > I was going to post about how great this book was yesterday, and then I > got this notice today. I sure wish I could be there for the book signing. > This is a great book if you are interested in Baltimore in the 1840s-70 or > so. The author includes lots of names--especially in the west and > northwest parts of the city--and has a fabulous bibliography. > > I had just picked this book up at the MD Archives on my trip there in > March and just finished reading it. > > Mona > > Book Signing > > > Fells Point Maritime Museum > > 1724 Thames St. Baltimore 21231 > > > > Sunday, May 21, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. > > > > Hanging Henry Gambrill: > > The Violent Career of Baltimore's Plug Uglies, 1854-1860 > > By Tracy Matthew Melton > > > > > > HANGING HENRY GAMBRILL brings to life the gangs behind the violence of the > 1850s: The Rip Raps, Black Snakes, and Blood Tubs; the Regulators, Rough > Skins, Double Pumps, and Tigers. Here, too, is the redoubtable New Market > Fire Company and their deadly rivals, the Mount Vernon Hook-and-Ladder, > whose members proudly rallied under the Plug Ugly banner. HANGING HENRY > GAMBRILL places the reader amid the raw color and mayhem of Baltimore's > tumultuous streets as never before. > > > > "Five stars...for Hanging Henry Gambrill...an engrossing > > book...a riveting story of violence, murder and > > trial...." > > > > > Special 20% Discount for All Members of the Baltimore City Fire > Department, Police Department, and Division of Corrections. > > PLUS 10% off brunch at Kooper's Tavern and the Waterfront Hotel with a > book or museum sticker. > > > For more information, contact Joyce Wouters at > jwouters@mdhs.org<about:blank<mailto:jwouters@mdhs.org<about:blank>> or 410.685.3750 ext.386. > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > This list is for Genealogical Only, > Join us at MD-BALTO-CUL-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:MD-BALTO-CUL-L@rootsweb.com> for discussions on > culture and heritage in the Baltimore area > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== Please note that hitting reply will send your response to the entire list. Please respond to people privately and not through the list unless your response contains information of general interest.