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Tales and Towns of Northern New Jersey

by Henry Beck

Paperback

$33.95

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Price:: $33.95
ISBN:: 9780813510194
Published:: Jan 01, 1967

Release Date:: 1st January 1967
Publisher:: Rutgers University Press
Imprint:: Rutgers University Press
Pages:: 347

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Long regarded as folklife classics, Henry Charlton Beck's books are vivid recreations of the back roads, small towns, and legends that give New Jersey its special character. Rutgers University Press is pleased to make these important books available again in newly designed editions.

I. Gentleman in Disguise
II. The White Pilgrim of Dark Moon
III. The Shades of Death
IV. Snuff and Snuffle
V. Frenche's "Castle" and Waterloo
VI. "The Scourge of the Ramapos"
VII. "Mend 'Em," Mendom, Mendem, Mendham
VIII. "Sing Unto the Lord a New Song"
IX. Hoboken to Alexandria
X. Beyond the River Styx
XI. Toboggans and Wampum
XII. The Puzzle of Wantage
XIII. Beyond Great-Grandfather
XIV. Requiem for the Ferries
XV. Undercliff
A Note on the Author by John Cunningham
Index

Father Henry Charlton Beck, who lived in New jersey nearly all his life, was the author of numerous books on new Jersey folklife, state editor of the Camden Courier-Post and writer for the Newark Star-Ledger. He is considered New Jersey's first folklorist and his painstaking work has left us with a rich collection of tales.

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