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The 18 pages that link to Baltimore, each with the reason it gives.

• Babe RuthRelated: Ruth’s Baltimore roots shaped his early identity and his first years in organized baseball.

• Tupac ShakurRelated: Shakur spent formative years there and later drew on the city in his autobiographical writing.

• H. L. MenckenRelated: Mencken’s lifelong association with Baltimore shaped his regional identity and public persona.

• Methodist Episcopal ChurchRelated: The 1784 organizing conference met in Baltimore, where the new church took institutional form.

• James M. CainRelated: Cain’s Baltimore upbringing formed part of the Mid-Atlantic background behind his early life and writing.

• Wallis SimpsonRelated: She was born and raised in the Baltimore area.

• Ethel WatersRelated: Waters was born and raised in Baltimore, where she began performing professionally.

• George PeabodyRelated: Peabody began his mercantile career there and later supported its institutions.

• Barry LevinsonRelated: Levinson repeatedly draws on his hometown’s places, speech, and social texture.

• Anne TylerRelated: The city gives many novels a consistent landscape of neighborhoods, homes, and local routines.

• David HasselhoffRelated: His birthplace anchors the American beginnings of his career.

• Leon UrisRelated: Uris was born and raised in Baltimore, in a Jewish immigrant family.

• Victor A. McKusickRelated: The city’s medical institutions were the setting for McKusick’s long academic career.