Great Storms of the Jersey Shore (Expanded 2nd Ed.) - Hardcover

Larry Savadove; Margaret Thomas Buchholz; Scott Mazzella

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1593221231 ISBN 13: 9781593221232

Publisher: Down The Shore Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

This new and expanded edition of a ''history of wild weather on the Jersey Shore...with harrowing eyewitness accounts'' (Booklist review of the first edition) now includes Superstorm Sandy and even more weather.

Illustrated with nearly 300 photographs, engravings and graphics, this large-format book is filled with vivid personal accounts from storm survivors. Covering the earliest recorded storms through the devastating March '62 nor'easter, the 1944 hurricane, December 1992's extreme nor'easter and Superstorm Sandy, this ''bible of Jersey Shore storms'' also touches upon the mythic nature of great storms and looks at the environmental implications of coastal living.

With added color photographs, more storms, and updated information, record tides and storm tracks, this new edition includes an Afterword about climate change, sea level rise, and the future of the coast. It is a must for every Shore resident's library.

FROM THE DUSTJACKET:

This is a book about living on the edge. It is a book of survival stories -- gripping accounts from those who have experienced major storms along the New Jersey Shore, woven together with contemporary news and you-are-there reports.

Originally published in 1993, this expanded 2nd edition includes an extensive chapter on Superstorm Sandy, the most destructive storm to strike the region in generations. But readers who know only of Sandy may be amazed by the stories of the Shore's historic storms, especially the hurricane of 1944 or the March nor'easter of 1962. Before modern building codes, flood insurance, evacuation orders, or reliable forecasts, these epic storms were as completely devastating.

This new edition updates other coastal weather events from recent years. And because development at the Jersey Shore continues apace -- driven by a never-fading desire to live by the ocean, at a time when the climate is changing and the seas are rising -- an afterword on the future of the Shore has been added.

Great Storms of the Jersey Shore is dramatically illustrated with nearly 300 photographs, engravings, and graphics. Reproduced here, these images take on new life and provide a window through which we can view the past and appreciate both the horror and beauty of nature unleashed.

Within these pages the voices of those who have known the power of great coastal storms draw us in to a time and place where survival is uncertain. For those who have experienced such storms -- as their stories reveal in this book -- it is a defining moment in their lives.

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From the Inside Flap:

This is a book about living on the edge. It is a book of survival stories — gripping accounts from those who have experienced major storms along the New Jersey Shore, woven together with contemporary news and you-are-there reports.Originally published in 1993, this expanded second edition includes an extensive chapter on Superstorm Sandy, the most destructive storm to strike the region in generations. But readers who know only of Sandy may be amazed by the stories of the Shore’s historic storms, especially the hurricane of 1944 or the March northeaster of 1962. Before modern building codes, flood insurance, evacuation orders, or reliable forecasts, these epic storms were as completely devastating.This new edition updates other coastal weather events from recent years. And because development at the Jersey Shore continues apace — driven by a never-fading desire to live by the ocean, at a time when the climate is changing and the seas are rising — an afterword on the future of the Shore has been added.Great Storms of the Jersey Shore is dramatically illustrated with nearly 300 photographs, engravings, and graphics. Reproduced here, these images take on new life and provide a window through which we can view the past and appreciate both the horror and beauty of nature unleashed.Within these pages the voices of those who have known the power of great coastal storms draw us in to a time and place where survival is uncertain. For those who have experienced such storms — as their stories reveal in this book — it is a defining moment in their lives.

About the Author:

LARRY SAVADOVE spent every summer of his boyhood on Long Beach Island and returned to settle after years of wandering the world as a sailor, a soldier, an adman, and a maker of documentary films. He is the author of two novels, including The Oyster Singer, set at the Jersey Shore, and The Sound of One Hand (''the best novel about Japan I have ever read'' said The New York Times review). Until his death in 2016, he wrote a topical newspaper column from his home in Beach Haven and continued his work on two more novels.

MARGARET THOMAS BUCHHOLZ, an author, editor, and weekly newspaper publisher, has written or edited many books about New Jersey Shore history, including the award-winning New Jersey Shipwrecks: 350 Years in the Graveyard of the Atlantic, and Shore Chronicles: Diaries and Travelers' Tales from the Jersey Shore. She grew up in Harvey Cedars, where her family has been coming since 1833 and where she now lives year-round in her childhood home.

SCOTT MAZZELLA, the author of the national award winning book Surviving Sandy: Long Beach Island and the Greatest Storm of the Jersey Shore, is an educator, former reporter, and passionate weather buff. With a long family history on Long Beach Island (and a summer home in Holgate that was severely damaged in Sandy), he lives in Matawan with his wife, two children, and dogs.

About this edition

• Publisher: Down The Shore Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1593221231
• ISBN 13: 9781593221232
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 240