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History Press, November 2025. Trade Paperback. A Tale of Two Foes After the Battle of Monmouth Court House, in June 1778, the Revolutionary War in Monmouth County devolved into skirmishes between local militias and British Loyalists. Chief among these warring factions were revered rebel hero Captain Joshua Huddy and his.....
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Arcadia Publishing (SC), May 2025. Trade Paperback. The Bowery is New York City's oldest street. Stretching 1.25 miles from Chatham Square to Cooper Square, it was a Native American footpath, Dutch wagon road, and the triumphal march route as Washington's troops expelled the British. The city's first entertainment district, it.....
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America Through Time, May 2023. Trade Paperback. To Newark with Love is a celebration of New Jersey's largest city, seen through the eyes of a proud third-generation Newarker. In a series of essays, Helen Lippman tells revealing stories--some as lighthearted as a trip to the planetarium, others as fraught as.....
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The History Press, February 2024. Paperback. Brick City Past Revealed Newark's history is as diverse and powerful as the community that continues to call New Jersey's largest city home. The colonial settlement at Four Corners--the Broad and Market intersection--grew into one of the most heavily traveled thoroughfares in the nation.....
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Arcadia Publishing, February 2011. Paperback. Founded in 1930, the Institute for Advanced Study was conceived of high ideals for the future of America and its system of higher education, and was made possible by sibling philanthropists Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. Guided by education expert Abraham Flexner, the Bambergers.....
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ARCADIA Publishing, NA. Paperback. Scattered throughout New Jersey are remnants of history that are being reclaimed by nature or destroyed by vandals. Author and photographer, Kathleen Butler, takes the reader on a journey back through time to rediscover the little-known history of these forgotten places. Most are deep in the.....
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Arcadia Publishing, April 2016. Paperback. On March 14, 1863, the New Jersey Legislature created the township of West Orange by combining all of the land of the existing Fairmount Township, formed only a year earlier, with a section of neighboring Orange. It created West Orange with its present-day boundaries and.....
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Arcadia Publishing, November 2012. Trade Paperback. The kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. and the subsequent arrest, trial, and execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann have intrigued true crime buffs for decades. New Jersey's Lindbergh Kidnapping and Trial tells the story of the case that never dies through vintage photographs.....
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Arcadia Publishing, April 2009. Trade Paperback. Although West Orange is best known for Thomas Edison, there is much more to this New Jersey town than its famous inventor. Through vintage postcards, West Orange explores the town's history from the days of cable cars that once climbed the mountain to the.....
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The History Press, May 2014. Paperback. West Orange is one of New Jersey's most loved communities, and the remarkable stories from its past reveal why. Civil War general McClellan lived here while he ran for president against Abraham Lincoln in 1864. Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Grand Old Man of Football,".....
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Arcadia Publishing, July 2013. Trade Paperback. In the 1870s, railroads transformed Montclair from a rural retreat to a haven for influential businessmen and artists. They came for the orderly government, excellent schools, flourishing churches, able physicians, and attractive families. Actress Laura Keene sought the area's healthy atmosphere after contracting tuberculosis.....
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Arcadia Publishing, June 2008. Paperback. Thomas Edison spent the second half of his life in West Orange, about 10 miles from New York City. There he built his last and largest laboratory, where he developed motion pictures, improved the phonograph, and built an international business empire, earning over half of.....
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The History Press, September 2012. Trade Paperback. Asbury Park's diverse array of landmarks creates an unforgettable impression of this legendary seaside city. The elegant, Art Deco-inspired Convention Hall captures the resort's glittering heyday in the 1920s and '30s, while structures like the Upstage seem to echo with the voices of.....
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The History Press, February 2015. Paperback. History is everywhere along the New Jersey Shore, from the lighthouses that dot the coast to the Victorian grandeur of Cape May. Less visible are the stories of the women who helped shape that past. Trailblazing young women in Belmar and Wildwood became lifeguards.....
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America Through Time, August 2022. Paperback. Explore the 150-year history of one of America's most unique seaside Camp Meeting communities through Ocean Grove's historic homes. VanderBerg will take you on a walking tour in Ocean Grove's Historic District to explore the preserved architectural treasures that remain within God's Square Mile.....
Arcadia, March 1999. Paperback.
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The History Press, October 2014. Paperback. Beachgoers usually dread riptides and rainy days, but from 1974 to 1983, a different fear gripped the New Jersey Shore: young women were disappearing. Their abductor was Richard Biegenwald, a man released for good behavior after serving seventeen years in prison for murder and.....
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Arcadia Publishing, July 2008. Paperback. New Jersey, the fifth-largest wine-producing state in the country, has been making wine since 1864. While perhaps not as well known as other wine-producing states, New Jersey is home to many premier varieties. Award-winning chardonnay, syrah, marechal foch, viognier, traminette, merlot, cabernet, and dozens of.....
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The History Press, August 2020. Trade Paperback. Every summer, thousands flock to the Jersey Shore for its beaches and boardwalks, but lurking in the depths beyond is a historic threat to tranquility. Dozens of shark attacks and interactions have occurred throughout Jersey Shore history that reveal bravery, heartbreak and the.....
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HISTORY PRESS (Arcadia), NA. Trade Paperback. T?he struggle for black freedom and equality is a legacy that belongs to all Americans. In the twentieth century, this story of triumph over injustice inspired the spread of democracy around the world. From the villages of Eastern Europe to the cities of Asia.....
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The History Press, August 2013. Trade Paperback. Many Americans are familiar with Thomas Edison's invention factory in Menlo Park, where he patented the phonograph, the light bulb and more than one thousand other items. Yet many other ideas have grown in the Garden State, too. New Jerseyans brought sound and.....
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The History Press, September 2013. Paperback. Although the industry is all but gone today, New Jersey was once the hub of diner manufacturing, making mobile eateries that fed hungry Americans all over. The silver Airstreams and neon signs of the classic American diner brighten New Jersey's highways and Main Streets.....
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The History Press, March 2011. Paperback. The Nutley Velodrome will present a complete history of cycling in northern New Jersey, featuring the Nutley Velodrome, the site of the final chapter of the golden age of cycling in the United States. The book seeks to shed light on a lost history.....
Arcadia Publishing, November 1998. Paperback.
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Arcadia Publishing, August 2013. Trade Paperback. Rare and vintage photographs depict the interesting and tragic history of the Essex Mountain Sanatorium. Founded in 1907 amidst protests and a burgeoning suffrage movement, Essex Mountain Sanatorium was the result of two Montclair, New Jersey, women who successfully lobbied local government to establish.....
