Order a shot at the saloon where Edgar Allan Poe had his last drink. Pay homage to Dashiell Hammett's original Maltese Falcon. Visit Billie Holiday's childhood

Detailing the salacious history of Baltimore and its denizens from the city's earliest history up to and through Prohibition. With nicknames such as "Mob Town"

* The ultimate insider's guide to Space* Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides* Part of the international 111 Places/11

- The ultimate insider's guide to Boston - Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides - Part of the international 111 Places

In the first book to present the history of Baltimore school desegregation, Howell S. Baum shows how good intentions got stuck on what Gunnar Myrdal called the