| Abstract: | That Sweet Land is a gustatory exploration of St. Mary's County, Maryland, since the arrival of the English settlers on its shores in 1634. The book provides a new history of the County, concentrating on those things that made it, over 300 years, a microcosm of America. By local author Henry Bonner of St. Mary's City. |
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“That Sweet Land is salted with recipes spanning hundreds of years, because food provides a convenient way to look at how people lived. It’s also interesting.” wrote Susan Kinzie in the Washington Post. St. Mary’s County is a landscape that still holds the folkways and myths and idiosyncrasies that made it a place of wonder for 370 years. They needed to be recorded before they disappeared forever, and the story of St. Mary’s County needed to be told so that it can be enjoyed by everyone. As Gwyneth Saunders, Editor of the Southern Maryland Weekend, said, “This book is strongly recommended…” AVAILABILITY: That Sweet Land is available at all of the County Museum Stores, the St. Mary’s campus bookstore, and at Bay Books in the Wildwood Shopping Center, California, Maryland. The price at all outlets is $15. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mr. Bonner has had a long and checkered career in the spy business, textiles, publishing and hotels. It was the latter career that brought him to St. Mary’s County for the first time in 1972. Even though the project-an Inn & Conference Center at St. Mary’s City-eventually folded, Henry had fallen in love with the county and decided to retire here in 1985. His retirement was short-lived. In 1989 he found himself in the role of Director of the Sotterley Mansion Foundation. In 1990 he also gained the position of Executive Director of the Southern Maryland Museum Association. In 1994 he founded the Maryland Association of History Museums. He left Sotterly in 1992 and in 1997 became the Director of the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum. He retired from the aforementioned roles in 2002 at which time he began to write That Sweet Land. |