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Product Identifiers

PublisherRutgers University Press

ISBN-100813519950

ISBN-139780813519951

eBay Product ID (ePID)352669

Product Key Features

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDown the Jersey Shore

Publication Year1993

SubjectUnited States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaTravel, History

AuthorRussell Roberts

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight24.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN92-044337

IllustratedYes

SynopsisSummer visitors and year-round residents alike are sure to discover Jersey Shore lore that captures their fancy in this entertaining account of the people, places, and events that have shaped New Jersey's famous shoreline. From ghost stories and the comic misadventures of the early Miss America Pageant to the dynamics of the changing coastline and poignant portraits of traditional crafts workers, Russell Roberts and Rich Youmans have chronicled the fascinating history and heritage of the New Jersey Shore. In this book you'll meet the luminaries who've frequented the Shore--from President Ulysses Grant strolling through Long Branch to Grace Kelly learning to surf at Ocean City. You'll find out why the boardwalk was invented, and also why early ones were removable. Join the authors as they pay tribute to the Shore's forgotten inventors, including Simon Lake, who some consider the true father of the modern submarine. Relive the Jersey Shore's role in wartime and learn the story of the mysterious Nazi submarine sunken off of Point Pleasant Beach. Read about Lucy the Margate Elephant, as a well as her two long-gone "cousins." Discover all this and more as Roberts and Youmans explore the vast uncharted heritage of the New Jersey Shore., NEW JERSEY SHORE TOWNS WITH RELIGIOUS ROOTS - NOTABLE STEAMSHIPS AND TRAINS - FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN AND RESIDENT AT THE JERSEY SHORE - MEMORABLE MOMENTS OF THE MISS AMERICA PAGEANT - BIZARRE ATTRACTIONS OF THE ATLANTIC CITY BOARDWALK - OLD-TIME BIRD AND WATERFOWL NAMES - NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS ALONG THE JERSEY SHORE - HOW SAILORS PREVENTED GHOSTS FROM HAUNTING THEIR SHIPS - EARLY WAR HEROES OF THE SHORE - THE SUBMARINE FIRST OF SIMON LAKE - SIGNIFICANT RESCUES ATTEMPTED BY THE JERSEY SHORE LIFE-SAVING SERVICE - THE LIGHTKEEPER'S DAYTIME DUTIES - EXISTING AND EXTINCT INLETS ALONG THE JERSEY SHORE

LC Classification NumberF134.5.R63 1993