Author: Norman F. BrydonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The Passaic River: Past, Present, Future
Author: Norman F. BrydonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The Passaic River: Past, Present, Future
Author: Norman F. BrydonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Report To The Passaic River Flood District Commission
Author: New Jersey Passaic River Flood DistrPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020182624
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This report presents the findings of the Passaic River Flood District Commission regarding the damage caused by the December 1902 floods in New Jersey and the necessary steps for preventing future floods. The report includes maps, photographs, and engineering plans. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Selected Papers from the 13th Estuarine and Coastal Modeling Conference
Author: Henry J. BokuniewiczPublisher: MDPI
ISBN: 3038420468
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Selected Papers from the 13th Estuarine and Coastal Modeling Conference" that was published in JMSE
Submarine Warfare, Past, Present, and Future
Author: Herbert C. FyfePublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
"Submarine Warfare, Past, Present, and Future" by Herbert C. Fyfe. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
An American River
Author: Mary BrunoPublisher:
ISBN: 9780615601793
Category : Passaic River (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"We were afraid of its impenetrable darkness. Afraid of its industrial smell. We were afraid of the things that lived beneath its surface and the things that had died there. We were afraid of spotting a hand or a head bobbing in the rafts of garbage that floated by. We were afraid of submerged intake valves that sucked water into the factories along the banks. We were afraid of the river's filth. It wasn't the kind of filth that came from playing with your friends. It was grownup filth. The kind that scared the blue out of water and coated the riverbank with oily black goo. It was the kind of filth you could taste, the kind that could make you sick, maybe even kill you. We were afraid of getting splashed with river water or of touching river rocks. We were afraid of falling in or-God forbid-going under. We were afraid of the river's anger at being so befouled, and afraid, most of all, of the revenge we felt certain the river would exact." New Jersey's Passaic River rises in a pristine wetland and ends in a federal Superfund site. In "An American River," author and New Jersey native Mary Bruno kayaks its length in an effort to discover what happened to her hometown river. The Passaic's wildly convoluted course invites detours into the river's flood-prone natural history, New Jersey's unique geology, the corrupt practices of the Newark chemical plant that produced Agent Orange and poisoned the river with dioxin, and into the lives of an unforgettable cast of characters who have lived and worked along the Passaic and who are trying, even now, to save it. Part natural history, part personal history, part rollicking adventure, the book is a narrative meditation on the wonder of nature, the enduring ties of family, and the power of water and loss. "My great grandmother liked to say, 'Don't shit in the nest, '" writes Bruno. "The Passaic River is an object lesson in what can happen when we ignore that simple, salty advice." ""An American River" is an intricate and satisfying braid of memoir, history, science, nature writing, and acute social observation. This is an invigorating and hopeful book, and its sense of wonder is infectious. It's not, I think, too great a stretch to say that it holds its own on the shelf alongside "Walden," "Silent Spring" and "A Sand County Almanac."" Jonathan Raban Author of "Driving Home: An American Journey"
Continuing the Mission
Author: Howard L. GreenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
New Jersey's Environments
Author: Neil M. MaherPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813539226
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Americans often think of New Jersey as an environmental nightmare. As seen from its infamous turnpike, which is how many travelers experience the Garden State, it is difficult not to be troubled by the wealth of industrial plants, belching smokestacks, and hills upon hills of landfills. Yet those living and working in New Jersey often experience a very different environment. Despite its dense population and urban growth, two-thirds of the state remains covered in farmland and forest, and New Jersey has a larger percentage of land dedicated to state parks and forestland than the average for all states. It is this ecological paradox that makes New Jersey important for understanding the relationship between Americans and their natural world. In New Jersey’s Environments, historians, policy-makers, and earth scientists use a case study approach to uncover the causes and consequences of decisions regarding land use, resources, and conservation. Nine essays consider topics ranging from solid waste and wildlife management to the effects of sprawl on natural disaster preparedness. The state is astonishingly diverse and faces more than the usual competing interests from environmentalists, citizens, and businesses. This book documents the innovations and compromises created on behalf of and in response to growing environmental concerns in New Jersey, all of which set examples on the local level for nationwide and worldwide efforts that share the goal of protecting the natural world.
Song of the Passaic : ...
Author: John Alleyne MacnabPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Rutherford
Author: William NeumannPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625849028
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
It was a homeland for the Leni-Lenape Indians before it was settled by tenacious Dutch immigrants. Two centuries later, in 1881, Rutherford, New Jersey, became an independent borough the first in Bergen County. Author William Neumann narrates Rutherford's remarkable transition from a rural retreat popular for its abundant springs to a bustling New York City suburb. Along the way he introduces some of the town's extraordinary citizens, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet William Carlos Williams, who led the life of a small-town doctor at 9 Ridge Road, and the local husband and wife team who founded Fairleigh Dickinson University- a love story as much as a historical achievement.