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Nationality
  
American

Genre
  
Non-fiction


Name
  
Michael Lisicky

Role
  
Fiction writer

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Books
  
Shop Pomeroy's First, Gimbels Has It!, Wanamaker's: Meet Me at the Eagle, Hutzler's: Where Balti, Filene's: Boston's Great Sp

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Michael Lisicky (born 1964) is an American non-fiction writer, and oboist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. As a department store historian, Lisicky has given lectures at the New York Public Library, Boston Public Library, Free Library of Philadelphia, Enoch Pratt Free Library, DC Public Library, and the Historical Society of Philadelphia. He has appeared on CBS Sunday Morning and his works have appeared in such publications as the Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Globe, Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He has contributed to newspaper articles in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Southern Living, and Fortune magazine and served as a historical consultant for the Oscar-nominated movie, Carol. As an oboist, Lisicky has been a member of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra since 2003 and was a former member of the Richmond Symphony and the Savannah Symphony. He has been featured on numerous recordings, including a chamber music recording with fellow members of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and is a member of the oboe trio Trio La Milpa. Lisicky serves as a historian for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and is the author of the Baltimore Symphony's 100th anniversary book.

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Life

He was born in Camden, New Jersey and grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Lisicky is a 1982 graduate of Cherry Hill High School East and is a graduate of the New England Conservatory and the St. Louis Conservatory. He resides in the Fell's Point section of Baltimore, where he serves as the community's Towne Crier. Lisicky is married to oboist Sandra Gerster and has one daughter, Jordan.

Works

History
  • Hutzler's: Where Baltimore Shops. The History Press. 2009. ISBN 978-1-59629-828-6. 
  • Gimbels Has It!. The History Press. 2011. ISBN 978-1-60949-307-3. 
  • Baltimore's Bygone Department Stores: Many Happy Returns. The History Press. 2012. ISBN 978-1-60949-667-8. 
  • Filene's: Boston's Great Specialty Store. Arcadia Publishing. 2012. ISBN 978-0-7385-9158-2. 
  • Wanamaker's: Meet Me at the Eagle. The History Press. 2010. ISBN 978-1-62619-068-9. 
  • Woodward & Lothrop: A Store Worthy of the Nation's Capital. The History Press. 2013. ISBN 978-1-62619-060-3. 
  • Shop Pomeroy's First. The History Press. 2014. ISBN 978-1-6261-9565-3. 
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra - A Century of Sound. Baltimore Symphony. 2015. ISBN 978-1-4951-7326-4. 
  • Remembering Maas Brothers. Arcadia Publishing. 2015. ISBN 978-1-4671-1473-8. 
  • Bamberger's: New Jersey's Greatest Store. The History Press. 2016. ISBN 978-1467136440. 
  • Abraham & Straus: A Store Grew in Brooklyn. The History Press. November 2017. 

    • References

    Michael Lisicky Wikipedia
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