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<p>Baltimore's "Do It Now" mayor, two-term Maryland governor, and recently elected comptroller of the treasury, William Donald Schaefer may be the most colorful character ever to play on the Free State's political stage—though competition for the honor is intense. In this wonderfully readable account, Fraser Smith explores the formative influences, backroom deals, personal relationships, quirky Baltimorisms, vicious fights, civic pride, splashes in the National Aquarium seal pool, victories, defeats, draws—everything that makes Schaefer's career colorful and that helps us to understand the man himself.</p> <p>A seasoned reporter who covered Schaefer's terms as mayor and governor for the <i>Baltimore Sun</i>, Smith takes a serious-minded but also throughly human-interest approach to his subject—a study in character and the capacity of certain people to make a difference in the story of their time and locale. In Schaefer's case, the story concerns the struggle of Baltimore to survive and, if possible, renew itself. Smith draws on a sizable body of documentary source material; his scores of interviews provide him with juicy quotation and vibrant commentary. The book includes a gallery

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Author

Smith, C. Fraser , 1938-

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801862526

Category

history

Subjects

History, Biography, Political Science

Rating

4.8 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14