Author: Barbara Solem-StullPublisher: Plexus Publishing (UK)
ISBN: 9780937548608
Category : Automobile travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ghost Towns and Other Quirky Places in the New Jersey Pine Barrens
Author: Barbara Solem-StullPublisher: Plexus Publishing (UK)
ISBN: 9780937548608
Category : Automobile travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Forgotten Towns of Southern New Jersey
Author: Henry Charlton BeckPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813510163
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Composed, for the most part, from sketches that were published in the Courier-Post newspapers of Camden, New Jersey, Beck provides us with a series of stories of towns too tiny or uncertain for today's maps. Together, these sketches help to create a more complete picture of the history of New Jersey. A connecting skein of untold or little known wartime history--the Revolution, the War of 1812, and the conflict of North against South--runs through most of the sketches. Many of the sketches concern the pine towns and their people, "the pineys" who lived in the Jersey pine barrens.
Weird N. J.
Author: Mark MoranPublisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402766855
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Explores haunted places, local legends, crazy characters, and unusual roadside attractions found in New Jersey.
The Jersey Devil
Author: James F. McCloyPublisher: B B& A Publishers
ISBN: 9780912608112
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
In the course of its extraordinary history, the Jersey Devil has been exorcised, shot, electrocuted, declared officially dead, and scoffed as foolishness--none of which has had any effect on it or the people who persist in seeing it!This mysterious creature is said to prowl the lonely sand trails and mist-shrouded marshes of the Pine Barrens, and emerge perioducally to rampage through the towns and cities of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania, leaving many communities in near-hysteria.The authors show that while a few appearances have been out-right fraud and others have likely been the result of mass hysteria, this creature has been seen by enough sane, sober, and responsible citizens to keep the possiblity of its existence alive and tantalizing.Over 50,000 in print
Ghost Town
Author: Phoebe RiversPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442440384
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Twelve-year-old psychic Sara Collins' life is turned upside down when she and her father move to an old shore town in New Jersey, and Sara discovers the town has a lot of history because ghosts want to tell her all about it.
Spooky New Jersey
Author: S. E. SchlosserPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493027980
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for 35 creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences from times past. Set deep in the Pinelands and Ramapo Mountains, along the Atlantic coast, and in historic towns like Burlington and Springfield, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again. New Jersey folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser and in artist Paul Hoffman's evocative illustrations. You'll meet ghosts and witches, hear things that go bump in the night, and feel an icy wind on the back of your neck on a warm summer evening. Whether read around the campfire on a dark and stormy night or from the backseat of the family van on the way to grandma's, this is a collection to treasure.
New Jersey Ghost Towns
Author: Patricia A. MartinelliPublisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811745783
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Explores settlements and towns that have been deserted, transformed into tourist attractions, or have less than 200 residents and are mere shadows of their former selves.
Iron in the Pines
Author: Arthur Dudley PiercePublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813505145
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Deep in the heart of southern New Jersey lies an area of some 96,000 acres of sprawling wilderness. It is the famous Wharton Tract which the state of New Jersey purchased in 1954 for a watershed, game preserve, and park. Many people know and love these wooded acres. Each year, people by the thousands visit Batsto Village, once the center of the iron industry that thrived on the tract more than a century ago. With warmth and accuracy, Arthur D. Pierce tells the story of the years when iron was king, and around it rose a rustic feudal economy. There were glass factories, paper mills, cotton mills, and brickmaking establishments. Here, too, were men who made those years exciting: Benedict Arnold and his first step toward treason; Charles Read, who dreamed of an empire and died in exile; Revolutionary heroes and heroines, privateers, and rogues. The author's vivid pictures of day-to-day life in the old iron communities are based upon careful research. This book proves that the human drama of documented history belies any notion that fiction is stranger than truth.
New Jersey’s Lost Piney Culture
Author: William J. LewisPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467147877
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Deep within the heart of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, the Piney people have built a vibrant culture and industry from working the natural landscape around them. Foraging skills learned from the local Lenapes were passed down through generations of Piney families who gathered many of the same wild floral products that became staples of the Philadelphia and New York dried flower markets. Important figures such as John Richardson have sought to lift the Pineys from rural poverty by recording and marketing their craftsmanship. As the state government sought to preserve the Pine Barrens and develop the region, Piney culture was frequently threatened and stigmatized. Author and advocate William J. Lewis charts the history of the Pineys, what being a Piney means today and their legacy among the beauty of the Pine Barrens.
Abandoned Ruins on Public Lands in New Jersey
Author: Kathleen ButlerPublisher: America Through Time
ISBN: 9781634992701
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Scattered throughout New Jersey are remnants of history that are being reclaimed by nature or destroyed by vandals. Author and photographer, Kathleen Butler, takes the reader on a journey back through time to rediscover the little-known history of these forgotten places. Most are deep in the woods of New Jersey; one is only known to the author and is exclusive to this book. Discover ruins from iron-making industries, mills, the railroad, and more. Some of the ruins are from industries that were at their peak, but fell hard when the market was no longer in their favor. They ultimately abandoned their businesses, or they rediscovered another market and moved elsewhere. Some companies tried to establish themselves only to find that the area was not suitable, leaving their failed community behind, or simply went bankrupt. Now, nature is taking over, and soon, these abandoned ruins will disappear forever.