Product Description: Without New Jersey's Watchung Mountains and the towns around Morristown, would the American Revolution have succeeded? Would George Washington's army have survived? New Jersey's esteemed historian John T. Cunningham explores the harsh circumstances and geography of this region during the War of Independence...read more

One of New Jersey's leading historians brings together more than three hundred dramatic images that capture four decades of New Jersey in the photographic works of Harry C. Dorer, offering a revealing glimpse of the diverse landscapes, social dynamics, people, and places of New Jersey from the 1920s to the 1950s.

Product Description: This is the ''Down The Shore'' book, from the publisher of the popular Down The Shore Calendars: Fifty-four contributors capture the heart and soul of the Jersey Shore in this extraordinary pictorial hardcover. Evocative seasonal essays by noted writers combine with 332 color photographs to immerse the reader in the quintessential Shore -- from ocean to bay, sand dunes to salt marsh, from boardwalks to amusements and arcades to quiet, natural places...read more

Product Description: More than 17 million immigrants came hereóto the front door of Americaófrom 1890 to 1915 in what has been called the largest mass migration in human history. In the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island is one of the nationís most important historical sites and is one of our most heavily visited national monuments...read more

Product Description: My chief object in writing this volume was to discuss the relations of modern discoveries concerning hormones or internal secretions to the question of the evolution of adaptations, and on the other hand to the results of recent investigations of Mendelian heredity and mutations...read more

Product Description: The once-expansive Chatham Township was reduced to only a fraction of its size after Florham Park, Chatham Borough, and Madison Borough split from the township between 1889 and 1899. Its present, smaller size, however, does not reflect its vast history...read more

Product Description: Book by John T. Cunningham, Regina Diverio

Product Description: The Borough of Madison, New Jersey, known as BottleHill until 1834, was first settled in the middle of the eighteenth century. Its historical significance, now often forgotten by its cosmopolitan population, includes a railroad heritage dating to 1837, commuter traditions that began with the railroad's arrival, the founding of Drew University in 1866, the development of fabled millionaire estates that have largely disappeared, and the location of a nationally known rose-growing industry that is now gone...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Chatham and the Passaic River have been inextricably linked for nearly 275 years, since the town's founding under the informal name of Day's Bridge. That name honored John Day, builder of the first span across the river, which forms the eastern edge of the town. The nature of generations of the town's residents is reflected in the area's permanent name, selected by villagers in 1773. Chatham is named for Great Britain's William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham, who was a champion of American liberties during that revolutionary era. The Passaic, fondly referred to by locals as "The Fishawack," inspired the gradual flourishing of early mills and factories. Small shops, hotels, and a railroad have brought nineteenth-century prosperity to Main Street, the hub of Chatham, and extended the influence of residentswho commute to Newark and New York City. John T. Cunningham, New Jersey's preeminent historian, chronicles this growth and the relationship between populace and river through wonderful photographs and intriguing historic details.

A county-by-county introduction to the parks, historic sites, beaches, farms, industry and recreation of the Garden State (view table of contents)

Product Description: New Jersey historical classics

Introduces the geography, history, industries, cities, government, and people of 'The Garden State.'