Down The Jersey Shore / / Russell Roberts, Richard Youmans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Russell, Author.

Youmans, Richard, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, [1993]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Summer visitors and year-round residents alike are sure to discover Jersey Shore lore that captures their fancy in this entertaining account of the people, places, and events that have shaped New Jersey's famous shoreline. From ghost stories and the comic misadventures of the early Miss America Pageant to the dynamics of the changing coastline and poignant portraits of traditional crafts workers, Russell Roberts and Rich Youmans have chronicled the fascinating history and heritage of the New Jersey Shore. In this book you'll meet the luminaries who've frequented the Shore-from President Ulysses Grant strolling through Long Branch to Grace Kelly learning to surf at Ocean City. You'll find out why the boardwalk was invented, and also why early ones were removable. Join the authors as they pay tribute to the Shore's forgotten inventors, including Simon Lake, who some consider the true father of the modern submarine. Relive the Jersey Shore's role in wartime and learn the story of the mysterious Nazi submarine sunken off of Point Pleasant Beach. Read about Lucy the Margate Elephant, as a well as her two long-gone "cousins." Discover all this and more as Roberts and Youmans explore the vast uncharted heritage of the New Jersey Shore.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 Shore Town Stories

CHAPTER 2 By Rail or by Sea

CHAPTER 3 Famous Visitors and Residents

CHAPTER 4 There She Was...Miss America?

CHAPTER 5 Wooden Walkways along the Sand

CHAPTER 6 Traditional Jersey Shore Crafts

CHAPTER 7 I Love Lucy and Her Pals

CHAPTER 8 Spirits of the Jersey Shore

CHAPTER 9 War at the Shore

CHAPTER 10 Science and Invention

CHAPTER 11 The Life-Saving Service

CHAPTER 12 Beacons in the Night

CHAPTER 13 The Changing Coastline

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023)

ISBN:

0-8135-5601-5