"New Jersey has always had attitude. Now it has heft. The
Encyclopedia of New Jersey covers everything you've ever wanted to
know about the Garden State--and then some."
*Star-Ledger*
"If you've got a hankering to become an expert on all things of
your home state, there's no better place to start."
*Press of Atlantic City*
"What do Abott Costello, the Ku Kulx Klan, pharmaceutical giant
Sandoz, African American baseball pioneer Larry Doby,
fundamentalist preacher Carl McIntire, Lyme disease, and the
Courier-Post have in common? They all have entries in the
Encyclopedia of New Jersey."
*Courier-Post*
"There is nothing else that offers the expansive coverage of this
state...a bargain price...Certainly all New Jersey libraries would
need to buy this work, as should most libraries in the Northeast.
Academic and large public libraries everywhere should find it
useful."
*Booklist*
"The book is a treasure, with contributions from nearly 800
writers. It is a resource that scholars, officials, history
teachers, and journalists will be consulting for generations. It is
also a fun read for the general public, particularly people who
live in New Jersey or who used to live here."
*The Record*
"Packed with illustrations and maps, [The Encyclopedia] has
sweeping entries on topics such as agriculture, immigration and
even the history of New Jersey history books. But there are also
articles on such Garden State novelties as the Jersey Devil-a
legendary South Jersey creature said to have the head of horse and
the wings of a bat-and Margate's Lucy the Elephant, a six-story,
90-ton house that looks like a Pachyderm."
*Home News Tribune*
"The entries had to be balanced in terms of geography, history,
politics and cultural significance. . . . the editors also set a
very high standard for the living people they would include in the
encyclopedia. . . .The encyclopedia is clearly the most monumental
project ever undertaken by the press. . . . Although the book is
big and comprehensive, it is quite readable. Perusing one item, say
the entry on boardwalks, leads you to entries on the Jersey Shore
and the Steel Pier. The section on Kalmyks, descendants of
Mongolians living in central Jersey, prompts you to check out the
entry on ethnicity, where you can learn about the enormous variety
of ethnic groups in the state."
*Rutgers Focus*
"If you think of states as characters, New Jersey is a major
player, not a glamorous matinee idol, but a star with a black
coffee voice and a five o'clock shadow, like Humphrey Bogart. . . .
In this book, it's a lot of this and a lot of that."
*Town Topics*
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
