Bookshelf
Snallygasters, Human Flies and Albino Frogs
Book Explores Stories that are Unique to Washington County Residents in the Middletown area of Washington County were being terrified by a beast. It was the turn of the 20th century and an otherworldly being, or snallygaster as it became known, was being described in...
George Alfred Townsend & Gathland (History Press, 2014)
by Dianne Wiebe George Alfred Townsend (1841-1914) was a free-lance journalist, a novelist, a poet, and a lecturer. But his success in life derived from his newspaper writing, and, contrary to most images of the unattached reporter, he made a good living at it,...
Maryland Legends (History Press, 2014)
by Trevor J. Blank and David J. Puglia For reasons known perhaps only to psychologists, we humans like to be scared. We enjoy that frisson of chills and the rush of adrenaline that a good dose of fear seems to bring. Perhaps that is why we also frequent horror films...
