Traces the tradition of vacationing along New Jersey's shore, explores the beach and boardwalk environments, and profiles all of the resorts from Sandy Hook to Cape May, including Long Branch, Asbury Park, Ocean Grove, Seaside Heights, Island Beach State Park, Atlantic City, Ocean City, and the Wildwoods. Packed with illustrations and human interest stories.
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Charles A. Stansfield Jr. lives in Pitman, New Jersey, and was professor of geography at Rowan University for 41 years.
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This review is from: Vacationing on the Jersey Shore: Guide to the Beach Resorts, Past and Present (Paperback)
As I scanned the book I immediately came across two historical inaccuracies.On page 102 the author states that Abraham Lincoln visited Cape May. This is pure legend and surprisingly Mr. Stansfield, the author, lists a book on Cape May in his Bibliography that clearly debunks the legend. Mr. Lincoln was filing an affidavit in Illinois on the day he was supposed to have been in Cape May. A grocer named Abel Lincoln, from Philadelphia, is no doubt the A. Lincoln that signed the register of the Mansion House on the day in question. Didn't Mr. Stansfield read the book he listed in his Bibliography??? On Page 201 the author shows a picture of the old Municipal Music Pavilion in Ocean City that burned to the ground in 1965. His caption reads that the building has been restored and is still in use. He is clearly confusing it with the Music Pier built after the boardwalk fire of 1927 that is indeed still in use. The Municipal Music Pavilion depicted in his book was moved after the 1927 fire and used as the city's Convention Hall until it burned in 1965. This type of careless fact checking and poor research makes one question the validity of the balance of the book.
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The natural charms of New Jersey's seashore haven't changed much over the thousands of years that people have lived in the neighborhood. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Atlantic City, Cape May, New Jersey, Sandy Hook, New York, Ocean Grove, Asbury Park, Beach Haven, North Shore, Long Beach Island, Garden State Parkway, South Shore, Barnegat Light, State Route, United States, Spring Lake, Seaside Park, Stone Harbor, Seaside Heights, World War, Delaware Bay, Sea Bright, Civil War, Island Beach State Park, Sea Isle City New!
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The natural charms of New Jersey's seashore haven't changed much over the thousands of years that people have lived in the neighborhood. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Atlantic City, Cape May, New Jersey, Sandy Hook, New York, Ocean Grove, Asbury Park, Beach Haven, North Shore, Long Beach Island, Garden State Parkway, South Shore, Barnegat Light, State Route, United States, Spring Lake, Seaside Park, Stone Harbor, Seaside Heights, World War, Delaware Bay, Sea Bright, Civil War, Island Beach State Park, Sea Isle City New!
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- The Tourist: Travel in Twentieth-Century North America by John A. Jakle on page 67, and Back Matter
- The New Jersey Shore by John T. Cunningham on page 13, and Back Matter
- Historical Collections Of The State Of New Jersey (Notable American Authors) by Henry Howe on page 14, and Back Matter
- Casino Policy by Richard Lehne in Back Matter
- Treasure Island (Signet Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson on page 130
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- Haunted Jersey Shore: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Garden State Coast (Haunted Series) by Charles A. Stansfield Jr. in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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