Stories From Perth Amboy

Author : Katherine Massopust
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614236511

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Stories from Perth Amboy by Katherine Massopust Pdf

Since its establishment in 1683, Perth Amboy has been a progressive and welcoming community. Residents have consistently made a stand for equality--in the 1920s, riots at a local KKK meeting ousted the Klan for good, and the nation's first African American vote was cast here by Thomas Mundy Peterson. Another Perth Amboy first was Dr. Solomon Andrews's flight over the town in 1863. Since 1853, the Eagleswood School has hosted lectures from figures like Henry David Thoreau. In 1968, the Perth Amboy basketball team swept the state championship. These and Perth Amboy's other fascinating stories and characters are chronicled by local author Katherine Massopust.

Author : Paul W. Wang,Katherine A. Massopust
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0738562416

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Perth Amboy by Paul W. Wang,Katherine A. Massopust Pdf

Perth Amboy, New Jersey, has undergone significant changes since it was settled by Europeans in 1651. It is a constantly evolving community, as seen in its famous waterfront, architecture, and industries that have developed throughout the years.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 073853465X

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Perth Amboy by Anonim Pdf

Perth Amboy, New Jersey-purchased from Native Americans by European settlers in 1651-began its life as a colonial seaport, becoming the tidewater terminus of the Lehigh Valley Railroad in 1876. In the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the city developed into an industrial giant, with over one hundred factories supporting the local economy. In Perth Amboy, Joan Seguine-LeVine explores the many dimensions of her hometown during its industrial era. The city's people, architecture, waterfront, and various industries of yesteryear are uncovered in vivid detail through over two hundred vintage photographs accompanied by thoughtful and comprehensive captions. Perth Amboy's historical significance is revealed, and many lifetime residents of the city will be surprised to learn how many national precedents were set in this harbor community.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : US History Publishers
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Automobile travel
ISBN : 9781603540292

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New Jersey, a Guide to Its Present and Past by Anonim Pdf

Originally published: New York: Viking, 1939.

Author : Albert C. Krogh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Perth Amboy (N.J.)
ISBN : 0533010608

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Historic Perth Amboy and a Story of Odd Fellowship by Albert C. Krogh Pdf

Author : Andrew D. Mellick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : History
ISBN : NYPL:33433081788238

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The Story of an Old Farm by Andrew D. Mellick Pdf

Author : Patricia A. Martinelli,Charles A. Stansfield, Jr.
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811711166

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The Big Book of New Jersey Ghost Stories by Patricia A. Martinelli,Charles A. Stansfield, Jr. Pdf

Authors Patricia A. Martinelli and Charles A. Stansfield Jr. shine a light in the dark corners of New Jersey and scare those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From what may lurk in the Ramapo Mountains, to a ghostly little boy who waits on Clinton Road, and the fabled Jersey Devil itself, these stories of strange occurrences will keep you glued to the edge of your seat. Around the campfire or tucked away on a dark and stormy night, this big book of ghost stories is a hauntingly good read.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Best Books on
Page : 771 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Automobile travel
ISBN : 9781623760298

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New Jersey, a Guide to Its Present and Past by Anonim Pdf

compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of New Jersey ... Sponsored by the Public Library of Newark and the New Jersey Guild Associates.

Author : Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : Trinity University Press
Page : 735 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781595342287

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The WPA Guide to New Jersey by Federal Writers' Project Pdf

During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. The Granite State has a rich history and varied landscape, beautifully presented in the WPA Guide to New Hampshire. The driving tours highlight the White Mountains, Lake Winnipesaukee, and the coast near Portsmouth. This New Hampshire guide also has traditional photographs of churches, landscapes, and colonial houses which give readers a feel for life in New England in the early 20th century.

Author : Gina Perez
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10-04
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780520233683

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The Near Northwest Side Story by Gina Perez Pdf

"An original and significant contribution to Puerto Rican, Latino, and Latin American studies, drawing on the perspective of ordinary men and women. Gina Pérez's fine work is based on intensive research in two distant but interconnected places, conducted by a perceptive and sensitive observer-participant, herself immersed in two languages, cultures, and nations. Clearly written and cogently argued, her book will be of great interest to students of migration, ethnicity, and gender."—Jorge Duany, author of The Puerto Rican Nation on the Move: Identities on the Island and in the United States "In this fresh, textured, original, multi-sited ethnography, Pérez traces the changing ways that Puerto Ricans have experienced poverty, displacement, and discrimination, and how they imagine and build deeply rooted but transnational lives through the extended families, dense social networks, and meaningful communities. Pérez exposes the limits of citizenship for racialized minorities; the contradictory, constrained agency in community mobilizations and urban uprisings; and the often-failed promise of transnational migration as a place to build a counter-hegemonic political space."—Brett Williams, Professor of Anthropology, American University "This is a fascinating account of transnational migration as survival strategy, one bound up in kin, region, and economic restructuring."—Vicki L. Ruiz, author of From Out of the Shadows

Author : Peter Kafer
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004-04-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0812237862

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Charles Brockden Brown's Revolution and the Birth of American Gothic by Peter Kafer Pdf

How could a glorious age of American history also give rise to the darkest of literary traditions, one that would inspire Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, and many other best-selling American writers?"

Author : William A. Whitehead
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1333520840

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Contributions to the Early History of Perth Amboy and Adjoining Country by William A. Whitehead Pdf

Excerpt from Contributions to the Early History of Perth Amboy and Adjoining Country: With Sketches of Men and Events in New Jersey During the Provincial Era Excited, it would seem, by the opposition he had met with, although for a time he retained a considerable number of adherents in England, and disgusted with the society from which he had received so little sympathy while aiming at its advancement in what he conceived essentials to true religion, Keith abjured the doctrines of the Quakers and became a zealous clergyman of the established church of England. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : William Adee Whitehead
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : History
ISBN : UOMDLP:afk3972:0001.001

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Contributions to the Early History of Perth Amboy and Adjoining Country by William Adee Whitehead Pdf

For notes and corrections to this work by E. B. O'Callaghan, see New York Genealogical and biographical record, Jan. 1906, vol. 34, p. 50- 51.

Author : Joseph G. Bilby and Harry Ziegler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467142625

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Rise and Fall of the Ku Klux Klan in New Jersey, The by Joseph G. Bilby and Harry Ziegler Pdf

New Jersey is celebrated for its strong communities built across religious and ethnic lines as one of the nation's most diverse states. The state, though, was not immune to the reemergence of the Ku Klux Klan in the first half of the twentieth century. Former vaudevillians Arthur H. Bell and his wife used the tactics of public theater to advertise and recruit for the organization. At a massive riot in Perth Amboy, thousands of immigrants besieged a few hundred Klansmen, tossed them out of building windows, burned their cars and ran them out of town. The allying of pro-Nazi German Bund groups and the Klan in the lead-up to World War II marked the end of the Klan's foothold. Authors Joseph Bilby and Harry Ziegler chart the brief rise of the Ku Klux Klan and how New Jersey collectively stood up to bigotry.

Author : William A. Whitehead
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1992-03-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0832822426

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Contributions to the Early History of Perth Amboy and Adjoining Country by William A. Whitehead Pdf