This is New Jersey from High Point to Cape May
By John T. Cunningham
Why this book?
The best books on New Jersey history
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Browse the best books on New Jersey as recommended by authors, experts, and creators. Along with notes on why they recommend those books.
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By John T. Cunningham
The best books on New Jersey history
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By John Young Foster
The best books on New Jersey history
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By Maxine N. Lurie, Marc Mappen
The best books on New Jersey history
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By William Least Heat-Moon
Considered a travel writing classic, this book derived from a series of major changes to William Least Heat-Moon. After separating from his wife and losing his job as an English professor, he decided to drive alone in 1978 along the back roads of America, the roadways that are usually marked in blue on maps. He met an array of characters that could fill a novel, from an evangelical hitchhiker to a rural Nevada call girl. And it was all true, unlike novelized classics such as Jack Kerouac’s On the Road.
The best books on road trips in the USA and beyond
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By Henry Charlton Beck
The best books on New Jersey history
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By David Gates
Being lured into another world by a strong first-person voice turns a book into a wide-open door, and I love going through strange doors. This one opens onto a richly detailed middle-class mess who’s also an exceptional host, recently widowed alcoholic single-parent Peter Jernigan. He takes us on a ride through suburban New Jersey as passengers in his mind, narrating his life’s unravelling with brutal whimsy and humour. This was one of the most helpless relationships I’ve had with a character in a book. A privilege and a reminder of the balancing act we all face.
The best books about misfits and wretched excess
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