{"product_id":"if-you-love-baltimore-it-will-love-you-back-171-short-but-true-stories-9781627203081","title":"If You Love Baltimore, It Will Love You Back: 171 Short, But True Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBaltimore \u003c\/em\u003esenior editor Ron Cassie has garnered national awards for his coverage of the death of Freddie Gray, sea-level rise on the Eastern Shore, and the opioid epidemic in Hagerstown.\u003c\/strong\u003e This collection of short stories, culled from a decade spent roaming around Charm City with a notebook in his back pocket, is different, however. They are of the kind of wide-ranging city writing and literary journalism that speaks directly to the fabric of a place. There are encounters with former Rep. Elijah Cummings, former Senator Barbara Mikulski, and Orioles Hall-of-Famer Jim Palmer. But more often, these stories revolve around people few Baltimoreans have heard of--a blind police detective, old Jewish boxers, a flower shop owner, the city native who created the statue of Billie Holiday in Upton. Each story makes the picture of Baltimore and its work-a-day inhabitants--gritty, resilient, quirky--clearer and more complex at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Apprentice House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781627203081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.94d","brand":"Ron Cassie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36662967697564,"sku":"9781627203081","price":28.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_73d05ea4-d8d9-4e07-b551-07d714c93f09.jpg?v=1603903207","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/if-you-love-baltimore-it-will-love-you-back-171-short-but-true-stories-9781627203081","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}