Preliminary Checklist of Almanacs Printed in New Jersey Prior to 1850
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Published: 1929
Total Pages: 48
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Published: 1929
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lucile M. Morsch
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 118
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 1146
ISBN-13: 9780674367616
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: New Jersey Historical Society
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Published: 1936
Total Pages: 336
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Douglas Crawford McMurtrie
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Published: 1936
Total Pages: 500
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Brian Regal
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2019-07-30
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1421436353
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA provocative look at the mystery surrounding the Jersey Devil, a beast born of colonial times that haunts the corners of the Pine Barrens—and the American imagination—to this day. Legend has it that in 1735, a witch named Mother Leeds gave birth to a horrifying monster—a deformed flying horse with glowing red eyes—that flew up the chimney of her New Jersey home and disappeared into the Pine Barrens. Ever since, this nightmarish beast has haunted those woods, presaging catastrophe and frightening innocent passersby—or so the story goes. In The Secret History of the Jersey Devil, Brian Regal and Frank J. Esposito examine the genesis of this popular myth, which is one of the oldest monster legends in the United States. According to Regal and Esposito, everything you think you know about the Jersey Devil is wrong. The real story of the Jersey Devil's birth is far more interesting, complex, and important than most people—believers and skeptics alike—realize. Leaving the Pine Barrens, Regal and Esposito turn instead to the varied political and cultural roots of the Devil's creation. Fascinating and lively, this book finds the origins of New Jersey's favorite monster not in witchcraft or an unnatural liaison between woman and devil but in the bare-knuckled political fights and religious upheavals of colonial America. A product of innuendo and rumor, as well as scandal and media hype, the Jersey Devil enjoys a rich history involving land grabs, astrological predictions, mermaids and dinosaur bones, sideshows, Napoleon Bonaparte's brother, a cross-dressing royal governor, and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.
Author: Columbia University. Libraries
Publisher: Millwood, N.Y. : Kraus International Publications
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 688
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Published: 1936
Total Pages: 100
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Publisher: Williamsburg, Va : Moebs Publishing Company
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 864
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Published: 1961
Total Pages: 546
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