The first definitive documentary of this tragic event along one of the country's most beautiful rivers. August 18-20, 1955: Three terrifying days and nights still remembered with awe in the Delaware River valley. Record-breaking rainfall from hurricanes Connie and Diane abruptly ended a withering drought, but the relief was short-lived. It was soon overshadowed by terror and ...

Manufacturer: Word Forge Books
Written By: Mary A. Shafer

Newark's Little Italy: The Vanished First Ward uses vintage photographs, interviews, and archival material to tell the story of a remarkable American neighborhood, Newark's old First Ward. Boasting the nation's fifth largest Italian population, the First Ward was a quintessential urban community, the kind of ethnic enclave that enlivens America's cities. During its heyday everyone from Al Capone ...

Manufacturer: Rutgers University Press
Written By: Michael Immerso

"Villages have disappeared even from the maps, the vestiges described by Beck having been obliterated by the bulldozer or the attrition of time. Only this book remains, a labor of love, to tell their stories." --Chicago Tribune Long regarded as folklife classics, Henry Charlton Beck's books are vivid re-creations of the back roads, small towns, and legends that give New Jersey its special ...

Manufacturer: Rutgers University Press
Written By: Henry Charlton Beck

This title offers a historical look at the popular seashore community of Avalon, NJ through more than 250 historical photos and stories about the people, places and events that make up Avalon's first 100 years.

Manufacturer: Avalonspast Publishing
Written By: Dave Coskey

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 ...

Manufacturer: Rutgers University Press
Written By: Arthur D. Pierce

Manufacturer: Rutgers University Press
Written By: Janice Kohl Sarapin

When Washington made his famous crossing of the Delaware River, it is a shame be couldn't have invited local historian Frank T. Dale along for the ride. Dale could have suggested the easiest crossing points. Fortunately for contemporary readers, Dale has written a fascinating book chronicling thirty-five of the most historic bridges crossing the Delaware, some of which have served the residents of ...

Manufacturer: Rutgers University Press
Written By: Frank T. Dale

Manufacturer: Heritage Books
Written By: Richard B. Marrin

Finally, a guide to the evolution of Dutch surnames. How did old world Dutch names like Makentews and Oculi suddenly become Macintosh and Oakley? Probably a recording error by an immigration clerk, census-taker, clergyman or other scribe. Such an error can thwart even an experienced researcher's best efforts to document his or her ancestry. Names, Names, and More Names can open the ...

Manufacturer: Ancestry.com
Written By: Arthur C. M. Kelly, Kelly Arthur

Manufacturer: Kinship
Written By: N.J.) Paramus Reformed Dutch Church (Bergen County