{"product_id":"north-jersey-legacies-gordon-bond-9781540231437","title":"North Jersey Legacies: Hidden History from the Gateway to the Skylands","description":"Did you know that the Dust Bowl hit New Jersey? Twice? How about that a mysterious experiment in subliminal advertising\" was conducted at a Fort Lee, New Jersey movie theater? Or that railroad communication was advanced on a northwest New Jersey railroad line? Or that America first heard about the Russians launch of Sputnik 2 (with a dog onboard) thanks to a Ukrainian refugee in Perth Amboy, New Jersey? Or that prisons could buy a custom electric chair from a Trenton, New Jersey electrician? Or that aviation matured into an industry thanks to Newark Airport? This book is a collection of articles from www.GardenStateLegacy.com, an online quarterly magazine devoted to New Jersey history that the author began in 2008. The Garden State features to some degree even as a footnote in larger historical stories far more often than one might think. It could just be a matter of someone from the state going on to something of historic importance somewhere else; or that by dumb luck something just happened to occur within its borders. New Jersey may be a footnote in these tangential tales, but they are the kind of unexpected connections that makes exploring New Jersey's history so delightful.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon Bond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1540231437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781540231437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Gordon Bond","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44809878077695,"sku":"9781540231437","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17e2a7fc-5496-40e0-b74e-a1e4b041869b.jpg?v=1707927727","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/north-jersey-legacies-gordon-bond-9781540231437","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}