Author: Gustav KobbéPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The New Jersey Coast and Pines
Author: Gustav KobbéPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
New Jersey Coast and Pines
Author: Kobbe GustavPublisher:
ISBN: 9780243774258
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Ecological Pine Barrens of New Jersey
Author: Howard P. BoydPublisher: Plexus Publishing (UK)
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The New Jersey Coast and Pines
Author: Gustav KobbePublisher:
ISBN: 9781332168552
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Excerpt from The New Jersey Coast and Pines: An Illustrated Guide-Book (With Road-Maps) This aims to be an accurate descriptive guide-book to the Jersey Coast - from Sandy Hook to Atlantic City - and to the Jersey Pine Plains. New York City is taken as the starting-point, and the Sandy Hook and Jersey Southern routes as those respectively to the Coast and Pines; although one chapter, for the sake of completeness, describes the all-rail route via the N. Y. and Long Branch R. P., whose rates of fare are also included in the table of railroad fares in the Introduction. The illustrations, many of them from photographs by the author, and the maps, the first four of which are road-maps and almost in themselves a guide-book, were made especially for this work. Two fonts of type were adopted, in order to bring into sharp contrast the description of the Coast as it is and the historical portions which refer to the Coast as it was. Many historical incidents, some of them the result of original research, have been introduced; and doubtless not a few people who considered themselves familiar with the Coast and Pines will be surprised to discover how much romantic interest is attached to many of the places herein described. The author will esteem it a favor if any one discovering errors of commission or omission will call his attention to them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The New Jersey Coast and Pines
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Phantom of the Pines
Author: James F. McCloyPublisher: B B& A Publishers
ISBN: 9780912608952
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Emitting shrill cries and leaving its footprints in mud and snow, it has roamed the Pine Barrons of South Jersey for almost three hundred years. It is usually said to resemble a composite of several different animals, but it walks upright and us believed to be the child of a human mother.What is this mysterious creature? The Jersey Devil, of course! More than twenty years after their first book about the Jersey Devil was published, James McCloy and Ray Miller, Jr.'s, new research into this phenomenon continues to intrigue readers. Does the Jersey Devil actually exist? Or is it simply a hoax? Open Phantom of the Pines--if you dare--and decide for yourself.
The Pine Barrens
Author: John McPheePublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374233608
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Most people think of New Jersey as a suburban-industrial corridor that runs between New York and Philadelphia. Yet in the low center of the state is a near wilderness, larger than most national parks, which has been known since the seventeenth century as the Pine Barrens. The term refers to the predominant trees in the vast forests that cover the area and to the quality of the soils below, which are too sandy and acid to be good for farming. On all sides, however, developments of one kind or another have gradually moved in, so that now the central and integral forest is reduced to about a thousand square miles. Although New Jersey has the heaviest population density of any state, huge segments of the Pine Barrens remain uninhabited. The few people who dwell in the region, the "Pineys," are little known and often misunderstood. Here McPhee uses his uncanny skills as a journalist to explore the history of the region and describe the people—and their distinctive folklore—who call it home.
A Field Guide to the Mid-Atlantic Coast
Author: Patrick J. LynchPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300246463
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
A beautifully illustrated field guide to the Mid-Atlantic region, from the Jersey Shore to Cape Hatteras The Outer Banks of North Carolina and the beaches of the Mid-Atlantic Coast are among the most popular tourist destinations in the United States. This book is a richly illustrated field guide that surveys the geology, environmental history, natural history, and human history of a region that spans the eastern seaboard from Sandy Hook in New Jersey south to Cape Hatteras on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It is organized around environments, not particular locations. Included are the geology of beaches and barrier islands, the environmental history of the region, as well as detailed looks at the natural history of beaches, dunes, maritime forests, coastal marshes, and estuaries. Also covered are issues involving human activity and climate change, which have become dominant forces shaping geophysical and biological environments. This guide will enable users to walk into a salt marsh or onto a beach and identify much of what they see.
Our Trees
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trees
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The Jersey Shore
Author: Dominick MazzagettiPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813593751
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
In The Jersey Shore, Dominick Mazzagetti provides a modern re-telling of the history, culture, and landscapes of this famous region, from the 1600s to the present. The Shore, from Sandy Hook to Cape May, became a national resort in the late 1800s and contributes enormously to New Jersey’s economy today. The devastation of Hurricane Sandy in 2012 underscored the area’s central place in the state’s identity and the rebuilding efforts after the storm restored its economic health. Divided into chronological and thematic sections, this book will attract general readers interested in the history of the Shore: how it appeared to early European explorers; how the earliest settlers came to the beaches for the whaling trade; the first attractions for tourists in the nineteenth century; and how the coming of railroads, and ultimately automobiles, transformed the Shore into a major vacation destination over a century later. Mazzagetti also explores how the impact of changing national mores on development, race relations, and the environment, impacted the Shore in recent decades and will into the future. Ultimately, this book is an enthusiastic and comprehensive portrait by a native son, whose passion for the region is shared by millions of beachgoers throughout the Northeast.
