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New Jersey and The Revolutionary War

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This is a rather dated work. Published back in the early 1960s it suffers from a limited perspective of the Rev War. If the reader is expecting a detailed reference of historical sites in NJ pertaining to the Rev War then he will doubtless be disappointed here. The author provides four rather dry chapters on the Rev War and how it occured in NJ. Much of this information is available in most general histories of the conflict that have been published since this work first came out. There is nothing much new here that stands out. Even as a work of local history this book falls short. The maps are basic and infrequent.

For its length of 100 odd pages the reader will find a very general history of the conflict. Useful perhaps to the basic reader who has little or no prior knowledge of subject. The short length of the narrative will doubtless appeal to high school students required to do some reading on the Rev War. If one is searching for a ready reference on historical locales in NJ that are still accessible today this book falls completely short. If you want a quick, basic read on the Rev War with a few references to NJ thrown in perhaps this is for you. Not recommended overall and overpriced for what you get!