New Jersey Monthly

ENVISIONING NEW JERSEY featured in New Jersey Monthly: Tom Wilk talks with Maxine Lurie about her and Richard Veit’s new book, and how images can help elucidate our history

IN NEW BOOK, EVERY PICTURE TELLS A (JERSEY) STORY

Envisioning New Jersey cover image

Tom Wilk interviews Maxine Lurie, co-author with Richard Veit of ‘Envisioning New Jersey: An Illustrated History of the Garden State,’ in this feature for New Jersey Monthly.

How many images does it take to recount the history of New Jersey?

The answer is 654, according to Maxine N. Lurie and Richard F. Veit, co-authors of Envisioning New Jersey: An Illustrated History of the Garden State, due September 1 from Rutgers University Press. It’s conceived as a companion volume to New Jersey: A History of the Garden State, their 2012 book.

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