Books in the Maryland Paperback Bookshelf series

In 1956, at the end of his career, Mencken had produced three volumes of memoirs and steady stream of journalism. For this book, he collected those pieces he thought most true, most pertinent, or most likely to blow the dust from the reader's brain.

Watermen is a singular work, a book that will touch anyone who has ever glimpsed the peope of the Chesapeake, whether in literature or in life.

Examines the complex ecology of Chesapeake Bay, and observes its marshes and swamps, and its jellyfish, ospreys, and fiddler crabs.