Michael Olesker's Baltimore
Subtitle: if you live here, you're home.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Baltimore (Md.) -- Social life and customs.
Other titles: Baltimore
Description: In this collection of humorous and poignant newspaper columns written for the Baltimore Sun and the News American over the last two decades, Michael Olesker captures the essence of Baltimore - a big city with the heart of a small town. Here in the closing years of the 20th century is Baltimore, with all its unexpected triumphs, crushing troubles, idiosyncratic characters, and lively neighborhoods.

Olesker is hard-edged and straightforward but also warmhearted in his portrayal of Baltimore's colorful characters and their settings. In a style that combines police-blotter and Sunday-feature writing, he tells brief stories that show why - to visitors and residents alike - Baltimore feels like home.