"A history of Woodward & Lothrop, a department store in Washington D.C., from its opening in 1880 to its closing in 1995"--

Michael Lisicky is a nationally-recognized east coast department store historian and expert. He is the author of several bestselling books including, Hutzler's: Where Baltimore Shops. He has been featured in Fortune Magazine and on the CBS Sunday Morning show. He resides in Baltimore, and is an oboist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Jan Whitaker is an internationally known department store expert and historian. She is the author of several books including Tea at the Blue Lantern Inn: A Social History of the Tea Room Craze in America, The World of Department Stores, and Service and Style: How the American Department Store Fashioned the Middle Class.