Russell Roberts

Rediscover the Hidden New Jersey

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers a treasury of New Jersey stories that celebrate the unique heritage and importance of the Garden State. Russell Roberts has scoured New Jersey, from High Point to Cape May, to bring readers a delightful potpourri of facts, essays, lists, photos, stories, and legends about New Jersey.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• 2nd Second Edition, Second edition
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 149mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9780813569451
• ISBN-10: 0813569451
• Artikelnr.: 40846251

Autorenporträt

RUSSELL ROBERTS is a freelance writer who has lived in New Jersey all his life and now resides in Bordentown. He is the coauthor of Down the Jersey Shore (Rutgers University Press) and many other books for adults and children.

Inhaltsangabe

New Jersey firsts
The rocks, the land, and other things
Interesting people
The sporting life
Canning, building, riding and other fascinating things about New Jersey
Celebrated sons and distinguished daughters
Great storms
Ghosts, tall tales, and legends
Historical happenings
A town treasury
When New Jersey was Hollywood
It's the natural thing to do
Roads, bridges, and tunnels
The call of the pines
Birthplaces and burial sites