Discover the Hidden New Jersey - Softcover

Roberts, Russell

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9780813522524: Discover the Hidden New Jersey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813522528 ISBN 13: 9780813522524

Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 1995

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Did you know—

—that a New Jerseyan was the first president of the United States?
—that New Jersey was the site of the first organized college football game?
—that New Jersey was the location of one of the most devastating espionage attacks of World War I?
—that the heroics of a New Jersey woman saved thousands of people from dying of yellow fever?

These and other fascinating stores can be found in Discover the Hidden New Jersey, 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. Readers will learn how New Jersey used to be the center of the motion picture universe, the origin of the Jersey Devil and other popular tall tales, where Norman Mailer and Abbot & Costello were born, where Aaron Burr and Leo, the M-G-M lion, lie buried, and much more. Learn about the geology of New Jersey, find out about the state’s ever-changing weather, and hear about some of the best places to go for the day. All this and more is in Discover the Hidden New Jersey, the ultimate New Jersey book.

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About the Author:

Russell Roberts is a freelance writer who has livein in New Jersey all his life and now resides in Trenton. He is the coauthor, with Rich Youmans, of Down the Jersey Shore (Rutgers University Press).

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