Paging New Jersey : a literary guide to the Garden State / James F. Broderick.

Author/creator Broderick, James F., 1963-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2003.
Descriptionvi, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
American literature--New Jersey. --History and criticism.
Authors, American--Homes and haunts. --New Jersey.
Literary landmarks--New Jersey.
New Jersey--Intellectual life.
New Jersey--In literature.

Contents Philip Freneau -- James Fenimore Cooper -- Mary Griffith -- Walt Whitman -- Mary Mapes Dodge -- Thomas Nast -- Mary Wilkins Freeman -- Stephen Crane -- Albert Payson Terhune -- William Carlos Williams -- Joyce Kilmer -- Allen Ginsberg -- Mary Higgins Clark -- Toni Morrison -- Amiri Baraka -- Joyce Carol Oates -- Peter Benchley -- Anna Quindlen -- Cheaper by the dozen -- Goodbye, Columbus -- The Pine Barrens -- Eddie and the Cruisers -- Jersey luck -- Rosamund's vision -- Laying down the law -- One for the money -- Our guys -- Lost legends of New Jersey -- Searching for Captain Kidd's treasure -- Burr, Hamilton, and the duel of history in Weehawken -- The Lindbergh baby kidnapping -- The Hindenburg disaster -- The trials of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter -- Mobbed in New Jersey -- On the (paper) trail of the New Jersey Devil -- Dodge Poetry Festival -- The New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame -- Stages of greatness : a survey of the history of theater in New Jersey -- Reaching critical mass in the Garden State -- Stoned in New Jersey.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2002152304
ISBN0813532906 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PS253.N5 B76 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold