A FIELD GUIDE TO THE NATIVES, NEO-NATIVES AND FURINERS OF THE EASTERN SHORE "There are three classifications of people associated with the Eastern Shore of Maryland: Natives, Neo-Natives and Furiners. A quick look at the lives and habits of these totally dissimilar fauna is a great aid to their identification." Originally appeared in the Tidewater Times, Easton, Md. 21601, and are used by permission.  [ download free .pdf]

BOUND FOR LEATHER The history, care and feeding of leather bound books. Originally appeared in The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles, used by permission.  [ download free .pdf]

DUST JACKETS - why those paper covers on books might be worth more than the book itself. Originally appeared in Originally appeared in The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles, used by permission.
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FIRST EDITIONS AT FIRST GLANCE An introduction to the sometimes confusing world of first edition identification. Originally appeared in Originally appeared in The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles, used by permission.  [ download free .pdf]

HAUNTED BOOKS? Buying books in a haunted house- or was it just the wind? Originally appeared in Originally appeared in The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles, used by permission.  [ download free .pdf]

HISTORY OF MARYLAND WEATHER INCLUDING CHESAPEAKE BAY by James Dawson; 2008   [ download free .pdf]

HOW OLD IS IT? How to read dates in books- from Roman numerals to the French Revolution. Originally appeared in Originally appeared in The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles, used by permission.
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MISTAIKES IN BOOKS Mistakes in books. Why flawed books can be worth a fortune. Originally appeared in Originally appeared in The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles, used by permission.  [ download free .pdf]

PAPER CHASE The history of paper. Originally appeared in Originally appeared in The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles, used by permission.  [ download free .pdf]

PATTY CANNON - 3 articles by Jim Dawson:

REMEMBERING PATTY CANNON by James Dawson;- memories of an elderly friend of mine who when he was a boy actually met an elderly man who had seen Patty Cannon the slave kidnapper and murderer when he himself was a boy. Originally published in the Tidewater Times, Sept. 2022 [download free.pdf

PHRENOLOGY AND PATTY CANNON by James Dawson- although discredited as a pseudo-science now, phrenology was hot stuff in the 1800s and many people believed that the shape of one's skull could be used to discover their personality. Fowler, a famous phrenologiest claimed to have Patty Cannon's skull in his museum in New York City. and examined it in detail. Originally published in the Tidewater Times, Nov. 2022 [download free.pdf

TOO MANY SKULLS FOR PATTY CANNON by James Dawson;- in this article Dawson gives his reasons for thinking that the so called Patty Cannon skull that the Dover Public Library recently had was bogus. Originally published in the Tidewater Times, Feb.. 2023 [download free.pdf

RAYMOND'S PLACE "Stuff was everywhere. Stacks of plates, old hats, lamp shades, knickknacks and whatnots as far as the eye could see. It wasn't a store for the claustrophobic". Originally appeared in the Tidewater Times, Easton, Md. 21601, and are used by permission.  [ download free .pdf]

SERIES BOOKS Getting serious about childrens' series books or Nancy Drew meets the Hardy Boys. Originally appeared in Originally appeared in The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles, used by permission.  [ download free .pdf]

THE SIGN SAID UNICORN BOOKSHOP, BUT THE DEER COULDN'T READ with A Visit From Odocoileous Virginiananus by T.W.C. The full, gory story of that fateful St. Valentine's Day in 1997 when a panicked doe invaded the Unicorn Bookshop. .  [ download free .pdf]

WHY A DUCK? Improper Place Names on the Eastern Shore. "You can't drive around this county very much without suspecting that developers must have some unwritten code that their new roads and subdivisions must be named after some sort of duck". "Two hundred years ago, place names were descriptive and clever". Originally appeared in the Tidewater Times, Easton, Md. 21601, and are used by permission.  [ download free .pdf]

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