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Matthew Roberts Escape FEATURED PHOTO SIZED
It Oughta Be a Movie: The Miraculous Flight to Freedom of Matthew Roberts, 1863 MiscellanyWay Back Machine

It Oughta Be a Movie: The Miraculous Flight to Freedom of Matthew Roberts, 1863

PRELIMINARY NOTE: After learning about the astounding story of Matthew Roberts, I decided to try my hand at sketching out a movie concept. The style here is a little different from what I usually do. Let me know what you think in the comments! Scene 1: Prologue, Miles River Neck Aerial view of Chesapeake Bay and shoreline landscapes, camera eventually swinging onto Miles River Neck…
August 22, 2025
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Delmarva Storytelling comes to Easton, Md. on Thu., Aug. 14, 2025 The Newsroom

Delmarva Storytelling comes to Easton, Md. on Thu., Aug. 14, 2025

Author and storyteller Jim Duffy of Secrets of the Eastern Shore will spin fun and fascinating true-life "Delmarva Tales" in a talk and discussion at the Talbot County Free Library in Easton, Md. on Thu., Aug. 14, 2025. The show begins at 6pm. The talk will include stories from Duffy's new book, Ordinary Heroes of Old Delmarva: Inspiring True Tales of Courage, Kindness, and Community.…
July 10, 2025
Tench Tilghman 5 Things Featured Photo
HEROES OF DELMARVA: 5 Things About Col. Tench Tilghman, Revolutionary Star CharactersWay Back Machine

HEROES OF DELMARVA: 5 Things About Col. Tench Tilghman, Revolutionary Star

Tench Tilghman served in the Revolutionary War as a top aide to George Washington, who praised the Talbot County, Md. native generously for his advice, loyalty, and trustworthiness. After the British surrendered at Yorktown, Washington assigned to Tilghman the task of making a mad dash to the nation’s capital in Philadelphia to deliver official word of the triumph. (1) That Weird First Name The tench…
October 24, 2020
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Book Signing at Vintage Books in Downtown Easton, Md. on Fri., Oct. 2, 2020 The Newsroom

Book Signing at Vintage Books in Downtown Easton, Md. on Fri., Oct. 2, 2020

Writer Jim Duffy of Secrets of the Eastern Shore will be in Easton for a book-signing event on the evening of Oct. 2, 2020 as Vintage Books & Fine Art joins in the monthly First Friday Gallery Walk festivities featuring an array of exhibit openings in the downtown area. Duffy is the author of the bestselling Eastern Shore Road Trips series. Subtitled "One-Day Adventures on…
September 26, 2020
Book Signing in Dowtown Easton during the Waterfowl Festival on Sat., Nov. 9 The Newsroom

Book Signing in Dowtown Easton during the Waterfowl Festival on Sat., Nov. 9

Click the image to check out the book! Writer Jim Duffy of Secrets of the Eastern Shore will be in Easton, Md. for a book signing event on the afternoon of Sat., Nov. 9 at Vintage Books & Fine Art. The signing happens in the midst of the big annual Waterfowl Festival, a celebration of the arts and heritage of the Chesapeake Bay area that…
October 27, 2019
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Book Signing at Vintage Books in Easton, Md. on Fri., Oct. 4 The Newsroom

Book Signing at Vintage Books in Easton, Md. on Fri., Oct. 4

Writer Jim Duffy of Secrets of the Eastern Shore will be in Easton for a book-signing event on the evening of Oct. 4, 2019 as Vintage Books & Fine Art joins once again in the monthly First Friday Gallery Walk festivities featuring an array of exhibit openings and meet-the-artist receptions in the downtown area. Duffy is the author of a brand-new book, Eastern Shore Road…
September 27, 2019
Moses Viney in Talbot County, Maryland
TUBMAN TRAVELS: How the Other ‘Moses’ Kept the Dogs of Slavery at Bay Tubman Travels

TUBMAN TRAVELS: How the Other ‘Moses’ Kept the Dogs of Slavery at Bay

The story of Moses Viney that follows is excerpted from Tubman Travels: 32 Underground Railroad Journeys on Delmarva, a book by Secrets of the Eastern Shore that tells stories of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and many other men and women whose journeys in slavery and out of bondage went through the Eastern Shore and Delaware. Moses Viney had a pretty fun go of it for…
March 27, 2018
The Hill Neighborhood in Easton, Maryland
The Oldest Black Community in the Whole Country May Be Right Here on the Eastern Shore DestinationsTubman TravelsWay Back Machine

The Oldest Black Community in the Whole Country May Be Right Here on the Eastern Shore

    For many years, historians gave the title of oldest black community in the country to a neighborhood in New Orleans called Tremé, which dates its African American story back to 1812. But thanks to an extraordinary research and revitalization project in Talbot County, Maryland, it’s now apparent that a neighborhood on the Eastern Shore has Tremé beat by more than two decades. The…
February 7, 2018
0804 Fight of Life Frederick Douglass
TUBMAN TRAVELS: Young Frederick Douglass in the Fight of His Life Tubman TravelsWay Back Machine

TUBMAN TRAVELS: Young Frederick Douglass in the Fight of His Life

This is an excerpt from Tubman Travels: 32 Underground Railroad Journeys on Delmarva. More info about the book is here. Standing in downtown St. Michaels today, with its tourist-friendly bevy of upscale shops and interesting eateries, it’s not easy to imagine the sort of place this town was when Frederick Douglass arrived from Baltimore in the early 1830s. Still known as Fred Bailey then, he…
July 28, 2017
Unionville Road in Talbot County Backroads
Road Trips Excerpt: The Ride Down Unionville Road Road TripsWay Back Machine

Road Trips Excerpt: The Ride Down Unionville Road

This is a free excerpt from the chapter, "Talbot County Backroads," in Eastern Shore Road Trips: 27 One-Day Adventures on Delmarva. In addition to this section on Unionville Road, the chapter features stops in Bozman, Neavitt, and Claiborne, as well as at the Oxford-Bellevue Ferry, the Pickering Creek Audubon Center, and more. Let’s start in Easton, at the intersection of the bypass and Route 33. Turn toward…
November 3, 2016