Author : Barbara Solem-Stull
Publisher : Plexus Publishing (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,70 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Automobile travel
ISBN : 9780937548608
Author : Cathy Antener
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 36,31 MB
Release : 2012-05-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1614235651
The phrase "New Jersey Pine Barrens" often conjures images of desolate forests and even the piercing red eyes of the Jersey Devil. While those just might be true, there are over one million acres in southern New Jersey filled with remarkable people, charming communities, natural wonders and man-made marvels. Conservationists from around the state strive to protect the region from overpopulation and preserve the pristine wilds. From sweetly scented pines, blueberry and cranberry farms and family businesses to the proud inhabitants who welcome thousands of visitors every year, discover what makes the Pine Barrens one of the most beautiful regions in the Northeast.
Author : James F. McCloy
Publisher : B B& A Publishers
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 32,48 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780912608112
In the course of its extraordinary history, the Jersey Devil has been exorcised, shot, electrocuted, declared officially dead, and scoffed as foolishness--none of which has had any effect on it or the people who persist in seeing it!This mysterious creature is said to prowl the lonely sand trails and mist-shrouded marshes of the Pine Barrens, and emerge perioducally to rampage through the towns and cities of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania, leaving many communities in near-hysteria.The authors show that while a few appearances have been out-right fraud and others have likely been the result of mass hysteria, this creature has been seen by enough sane, sober, and responsible citizens to keep the possiblity of its existence alive and tantalizing.Over 50,000 in print
Author : Patricia A. Martinelli
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 29,36 MB
Release : 2004-07-13
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0811740714
A fun look at unexplained phenomena in New Jersey, featuring information on ghost tours in the state.
Author : Henry Charlton Beck
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 24,5 MB
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813510163
Composed, for the most part, from sketches that were published in the Courier-Post newspapers of Camden, New Jersey, Beck provides us with a series of stories of towns too tiny or uncertain for today's maps. Together, these sketches help to create a more complete picture of the history of New Jersey. A connecting skein of untold or little known wartime history--the Revolution, the War of 1812, and the conflict of North against South--runs through most of the sketches. Many of the sketches concern the pine towns and their people, "the pineys" who lived in the Jersey pine barrens.
Author : Mark Moran
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 14,34 MB
Release : 2009-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781402766855
Explores haunted places, local legends, crazy characters, and unusual roadside attractions found in New Jersey.
Author : John McPhee
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 48,9 MB
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0374708673
Most people think of New Jersey as a suburban-industrial corridor that runs between New York and Philadelphia. Yet in the low center of the state is a near wilderness, larger than most national parks, which has been known since the seventeenth century as the Pine Barrens. The term refers to the predominant trees in the vast forests that cover the area and to the quality of the soils below, which are too sandy and acid to be good for farming. On all sides, however, developments of one kind or another have gradually moved in, so that now the central and integral forest is reduced to about a thousand square miles. Although New Jersey has the heaviest population density of any state, huge segments of the Pine Barrens remain uninhabited. The few people who dwell in the region, the "Pineys," are little known and often misunderstood. Here McPhee uses his uncanny skills as a journalist to explore the history of the region and describe the people—and their distinctive folklore—who call it home.
Author : Barbara Solem
Publisher : Plexus Publishing Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,66 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Batsto (N.J.)
ISBN : 9781940091013
Founded in the 1760s, Batsto grew into a thriving industrial community through the Revolutionary War years and beyond.
Author : Jim Hinckley
Publisher : Voyageur Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 20,99 MB
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780760332214
For centuries, the stunning panoramas of Arizona and New Mexico served as the backdrop for a veritable cavalcade of human history. From Anasazi cities built within towering canyon walls to early outpost villages of an expanding young nation, the Southwest served as the home to a range of communities that first thrived and ultimately demised in the region's rugged, sprawling landscapes. Today, the Southwest lures visitors with its majestic natural scenery and links to a fascinating chapter in our nation's history. In Ghost Towns of the Southwest, Jim Hinckley and Kerrick James present the colorful stories, colorful characters, and colorful landscapes that bring to life these landmarks of our past.
Author : Joseph Matheny
Publisher : Wildcard Interactive
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 18,83 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0967489016
“…a bizarre Internet phenomenon: an “immersive” online experience—part mystery, part game, part who knows what—known as both the Incunabula Papers and Ong’s Hat. The Incunabula Papers/Ong’s Hat was, or is, a “many-threaded, open-ended interactive narrative” that ”weds an alternate history of chaos science and consciousness studies to conspiracy theories, parallel dimensions, and claims that computer-mediated environments can serve as magical tools…. the documents provoked a widespread “immersive legend-trip” in the late 1990s. Via Web forums, participants investigated the documents—manifestos—which spun up descriptions of brilliant but suppressed discoveries relating to paths that certain scientists had forged into alternate realities. Soon, those haunted dimensions existed in the minds and fantasies of Ong’s Hat’s many participants. That was evident as they responded to the original postings by uploading their own—all manner of reflections and artifacts: personal anecdotes, audio recordings, and videos—to augment what became “a really immersive world, and it was vast”.
