Michael Aaron Rockland

The Other Jersey Shore

Life on the Delaware River

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Produktbeschreibung

The Other Jersey Shore takes readers on a personal tour of the New Jersey portion of the Delaware River and its surroundings, from the archeological remnants of the former King of Spain’s mansion to waterfalls where bears and foxes frolic. Combining history and nature writing, it shares engrossing stories and surprising facts about a river that is both the backbone and lifeblood of the Garden State. 

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9781978828391
• ISBN-10: 197882839X
• Artikelnr.: 68936279

Autorenporträt

MICHAEL AARON ROCKLAND is professor emeritus of American Studies at Rutgers University. He has also lectured in twenty-four countries and served as a US cultural attaché in Argentina and Spain. He is the author of fifteen books of scholarship, memoir, and fiction, including The George Washington Bridge and Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike, both from Rutgers UP.   

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Maya K. van Rossum
Introduction
1 The Joy of a River
2 The Delaware and New Jersey Geography
3 Islands in the Stream
4 The Delaware Water Gap and the Old Mine Road
5 The Dam That Was Never Built
6 The River and the Canals
7 The Delaware Riviera
8 Washington’s Crossing(s)
9 Napoleon’s Brother on the Banks of the Delaware
10 Bridges Not to Be Missed
11 Life on the Bay
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index