Slaveholder Marse Bradford Harrison, of St. Michaels, Maryland, gave four-year old Eliza Ann Benson to his daughter, Braddie, in . Eliza would be a friend and a slave to her infant owner in Harrisons way of thinking. But a friendship began and a promise was made. Elizas down-home philosophy, loyalty, fortitude and love positively impacted Miss Braddie and generations thereafter.

Free to Stay: The True Story of Eliza Benson and the Family She Stood by for Three Generations

Biographies & Memoirs

Agle, Nan Hayden

Historical

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This biography of the Rev. Joshua Thomas, embraces sketches of his contemporaries, and remarkable camp meeting scenes, revival incidents and reminiscences of the introduction of Methodism on the islands of the Chesapeake and the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia. Includes fascinating details of the occupation of Tangier Island and Harbor by a large British fleet during the War of .

The Parson of the Islands: The Life and Times of Joshua Thomas

Wallace,Adam

From the Inside Flap Crossings is a collection of Eastern Shore stories that delve into the complex relationships and histories that exist here on the Delmarva Peninsula. These stories look at the tumultuous bond between man and nature and the price man must frequently pay for his naive mitakes. Even in a civilized society, the ugliness of man shows itself and ordinary citizens must pay the ultimoate price. About the Author Stephanie L. Fowler was born and raised in Salisbury, Maryland. She attended Parkside High School where shewon the Old Home Prize in 1997 for her senior thesis on the history of Salisbury. Following her passion for writing, she attended Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. Washington College is a small, liberal arts school and is well known for its writing program. There, Stephanie studied English literature, American literature, and Creative Writing. Her love of the Eastern Shore was rewarded at agraduation. On may 20, 2001, she won the Sophie Kerr Prize, Washington College's most prestigious undergraduate award. The Sophie Kerr Prize is the largest undergraduate literary award in the Country. Her entry for the prize wa a series of creative non-fiction short stories about the Eastern Shore entitles "Crossings: A Journey Into God's Country." Those stories are included in this book with the addition of "A Forgotten History" which did not appear in the original thesis. Stephanie lives in Salisbry, Maryland.

Crossings

History

Stephanie L. Fowler

Americas

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