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.