Thanks much, One day, I will see about getting the book. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "mona everett" <cowpost@msn.com> To: <BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [BALTGEN-L] Book recommendation > 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. > > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > The Baltimore County Genealogical Society web site: > http://www.serve.com/bcgs/bcgs.html > >