| South Jersey Towns: History and Legends Contributor(s): McMahon, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813507189 ISBN-13: 9780813507187 Publisher: Rutgers University Press OUR PRICE: $38.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1973 Annotation: No region in the nation has a richer heritage than the eight counties of South Jersey--Cape May, Salem, Cumberland, Atlantic, Gloucester, Camden, Burlington, and Ocean. In this book William McMahon has collected an assortment of little-known information and historical anecdotes about the people and places of this area. "Mr. McMahon offers a chronicle that is full of storms and fires, shipbuilding and shipwrecks, privateers and pirates, taverns and publick houses, Indians and Liberty Boys, boom towns and ghost towns, moonshining and medicine shows, stagecoach lines and railroads, spies and betrayals, and--botanically--cranberries, eelgrass, and poison love apples (tomatoes)."--New York Times Book Review |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 974.9 |
| LCCN: 78163961 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.05 lbs) 398 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey |