Combining old Southern charm with Northern practicality, Baltimore is a city of unique flavor. With close to 200 images, including many never before seen, historian Christopher T. George explores and celebrates the history of the city that gave us our national anthem. In Baltimore Close Up, readers will discover the heritage of this important American community. Once home to Edgar Allan Poe, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, Babe Ruth, Frederick Douglass, and Thurgood Marshall, Baltimore boasts an impressive and unique history. It is a fabled sports city, known for Chesapeake Bay seafood and for our nation's first major monument to George Washington. In this impressive and unprecedented collection, the author illustrates what makes Baltimore famous