Patapsco: Life along Maryland’s Historic River Valley (Center Books on American Places (Paperback))

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“This book is yet every other expression of the careful social observations Walker Evans and James Agee offered in Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Patapsco Valley, Maryland, thereby has joined the lucky company of Hale County, Alabama–both places that grow to be, within the hands of an alert photographer and an attentive author, something moderately else: social texts that keep helping us find ourselves…. A valley’s portrait becomes an aspect of a nation’s ongoing story…. To Alison Kahn and Peggy Fox, then, for giving us Patapsco, we owe gratitude for a splendid, observing effort exceedingly well done, but in addition for the compelling summons they tender us; through meeting these Marylanders, we get a boost toward ourselves–our identical journey through time and space in The us.” -From the introduction, by Robert Coles

The love of place shines through on this documentary effort about a historic valley that saw the birth of industry in Maryland, the nation’s first railroad, and the nation’s first cross-country highway. This compelling portrait of the region is viewed during the memories of its elders from all walks of life. Through their collective memory, we gain a true sense of the cultural legacy of Maryland’s historic Patapsco RiverValley.

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