LEADER 04115nam 2200625 450 001 9910797050203321 005 20230807214120.0 010 $a0-8135-6946-X 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813569468 035 $a(CKB)3710000000376758 035 $a(EBL)1987642 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001454191 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12557926 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001454191 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11497326 035 $a(PQKB)10769718 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1987642 035 $a(DE-B1597)526188 035 $a(OCoLC)1121057599 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813569468 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1987642 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11032376 035 $a(OCoLC)908064441 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000376758 100 $a20150330h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRediscover the hidden New Jersey /$fRussell Roberts 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aNew Brunswick, New Jersey ;$aLondon, [England] :$cRutgers University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 225 1 $aRivergate Regionals 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-6945-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $t1. New Jersey Firsts -- $t2. The Rocks, the Land, and Other Things -- $t3. Interesting People -- $t4. The Sporting Life -- $t5. Canning, Building, Riding, and Other Fascinating Things About New Jersey -- $t6. Celebrated Sons and Distinguished Daughters -- $t7. Great Storms -- $t8. Ghosts, Tall Tales, and Legends -- $t9. Historical Happenings -- $t10. A Town Treasury -- $t11. When New Jersey Was Hollywood -- $t12. It's the Natural Thing to Do -- $t13. Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels -- $t14. The Call of the Pines -- $t15. Birthplaces and Burial Sites -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tAbout the Author 330 $aDid you know- -that a New Jerseyan was the first president of the United States? -that New Jersey was the site of the first organized college football game? -that New Jersey was the location of one of the most devastating espionage attacks of World War I? -that the heroics of a New Jersey woman saved thousands of people from dying of yellow fever? -that one of the first American folk heroes lived in New Jersey-and jumped off waterfalls? These and other fascinating stories can be found in the newly updated Rediscover the Hidden New Jersey, a treasury of New Jersey stories that celebrate the unique heritage and importance of the Garden State. Russell Roberts has scoured New Jersey, from High Point to Cape May, to bring readers a delightful potpourri of facts, essays, lists, photos, stories, and legends about New Jersey. Readers will learn how New Jersey used to be the center of the motion picture universe, the origin of the Jersey Devil and other popular tall tales, where Norman Mailer and Abbot & Costello were born, where Aaron Burr and Leo, the M-G-M lion, lie buried, and much more. Learn about the geology of New Jersey, find out about the state's ever-changing weather, and how New Jersey was chosen for the famous (or infamous) War of the Worlds radio broadcast that panicked the nation. All this and more is in Rediscover the Hidden New Jersey, the ultimate New Jersey book. This revised edition contains new sections on Lawnside, the Morris Canal, Albert Einstein in Princeton, The Bordentown Manual Training School, Rockefeller/Ocean County Park, the bicycle railroad, Morro Castle, Alice Paul, and more. 410 0$aRivergate regionals. 606 $aHISTORY / General$2bisacsh 607 $aNew Jersey$xHistory$vMiscellanea 607 $aNew Jersey$xHistory$vAnecdotes 615 7$aHISTORY / General. 676 $a974.9 700 $aRoberts$b Russell$f1953-$01541062 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797050203321 996 $aRediscover the hidden New Jersey$93793018 997 $aUNINA