Description
Book SynopsisAs unique as the city it describes, Annapolis, City on the Severn builds on the most recent scholarship and offers readers a fascinating portrait into the past of this great city.
Trade ReviewEven casual readers will find this new book hard to put down. -- Earl Kelly HometownAnnapolis.com A detailed narrative. Scitech Book News Critics are hailing Jane Wilson McWilliams for her masterful history of Annapolis-a carefully researched, well illustrated, and beautifully written account of Maryland's state capital. -- John Lang Washington College Magazine Jane McWilliams has created a landmark work of scholarship, a comprehensive, interesting and very readable work destined to enlighten generations to come. -- Hampton 'Skip' Auld Bay Weekly McWilliams has delivered this history evenly and concisely, but also in a style that is quite entertaining. -- Ray Langston Anne Arundel County Public Library Happenings!
Table of ContentsPreface
1. Out of the Wilderness, a Town, 1649 to 1708
2. A Chartered City, 1708 to 1764
3. Annapolis and the Nation, 1764 to 1790
4. Annapolis Alone, 1790 to 1845
5. A Military Town, 1845 to 1870
6. Great Expectations, 1870 to 1908
7. Promise Denied, 1908 to 1940
8. A Threatened City, 1940 to 1960
9. The City Preserved, 1960 to 1975
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1: Census Tables
Appendix 2: Cemeteries in and around Annapolis
Notes
Index
