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Hanging Henry Gambrill

The Violent Career of Baltimore's Plug Uglies, 1854–1860

By Tracy Matthew Melton
The Maryland Center for History and Culture

About the Author

Tracy Matthew Melton writes and teaches nineteenth-century urban history. He resides with his wife and three children in Oakton, Virginia.

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"Melton has written a book full of incident, with a smashing and unexpected O. Henry ending."

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"In an engrossing book that reads like a novel, Melton captures a notorious era in Baltimore history."

- Jean H. Baker, author of Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography
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