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Gilbert Sandler is our great rememberer. Small Town Baltimore is an absolute delight—not only memories of distant times and vanished places but details that bring every corner of the old town back to life.
This 'album of memories' guides us from Baltimore's distant past through the middle years to recollections of the 1950s and 60s. With vignettes and short stories, Gil Sandler affectionately brings out Baltimore's appealing provincialism and home-grown innocence.
Baltimore has always been a sensory town full of color, smells, loudness, smooth jazz, jagged emotions and watery ways. Ethnic neighborhoods add to the excitement and cacophony of Baltimore. Small Town Baltimore goes beyond the veneer of the Harbor and brings all the inner senses to light.
Book Details
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. ARTIFACTS
Chapter 1. Look Up Here!
Chapter 2. Reminders of the 1930's
Chapter 3. They're Off and Running at Pimlico
Chapter 4. "Separate but Equal," So They
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. ARTIFACTS
Chapter 1. Look Up Here!
Chapter 2. Reminders of the 1930's
Chapter 3. They're Off and Running at Pimlico
Chapter 4. "Separate but Equal," So They Said
Chapter 5. Eating Out
Chapter 6. All That Jazz
Chapter 7. Days of Delight, Nights of Magic
Chapter 8. Small-Town Sports
Part II. SOUVENIRS
Chapter 9. Getting Away
Chapter 10. Getting Around
Chapter 11. Overnight Stays
Chapter 12. The Home Front
Chapter 13. That's Entertainment
Chapter 14. Scents and Sensibility
Part III. MEMORIES
Chapter 15. Simple Pleasures
Chapter 16. True Sports
Chapter 17. Signs of the Times
Chapter 18. Fond Farewells
Noted in Passing
Index