The Sea Bright Skiff and Other Jersey Shore Boats
Author: Peter J. Guthorn
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 252
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Author: Peter J. Guthorn
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 252
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter J. Guthorn
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780916838737
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe rising demand for fish from New York City's growing population before the middle of the nineteenth century gave impetus to commercial fisheries in the metropolitan area. Fishing communities near Sea Bright, Monmouth Beach, Long Beach, New Jersey and other areas scurried to find faster and safer boats. Although boatbuilders each developed their own variations, the basic design survived. Ideally functional, the sea skiff was adapted for rum running and as a life saving boat, and by sportsmen for fishing, hunting, racing, and pleasure boating. Today, these boats are used up and down the eastern coastal regions from Main to Florida. Dr. Guthorn shows in illustrations and text, the local development, details of construction, and materials used in building them. Prominent builders are listed with their dates and their particular techniques.
Author: Peter J. Guthorn
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dominick Mazzagetti
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2018-06-20
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 0813593751
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn The Jersey Shore, Dominick Mazzagetti provides a modern re-telling of the history, culture, and landscapes of this famous region, from the 1600s to the present. The Shore, from Sandy Hook to Cape May, became a national resort in the late 1800s and contributes enormously to New Jersey’s economy today. The devastation of Hurricane Sandy in 2012 underscored the area’s central place in the state’s identity and the rebuilding efforts after the storm restored its economic health. Divided into chronological and thematic sections, this book will attract general readers interested in the history of the Shore: how it appeared to early European explorers; how the earliest settlers came to the beaches for the whaling trade; the first attractions for tourists in the nineteenth century; and how the coming of railroads, and ultimately automobiles, transformed the Shore into a major vacation destination over a century later. Mazzagetti also explores how the impact of changing national mores on development, race relations, and the environment, impacted the Shore in recent decades and will into the future. Ultimately, this book is an enthusiastic and comprehensive portrait by a native son, whose passion for the region is shared by millions of beachgoers throughout the Northeast.
Author: Randall Gabrielan
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1626197067
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew Jersey historian Randall Gabrielan traces the stories of the people who turned the Jersey Shore into the summer and residential destination that it is today.
Author: Captain Robert F. Bennett
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2015-04-20
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1625855311
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1854, two horrendous shipwrecks took place off the New Jersey coast. The Powhattan and the New Era were both American-flag sailing packet ships carrying hopeful European immigrants to new lives in America. The ships ran aground on the offshore sandbars along the shoreline between Sandy Hook and Little Egg Inlet, claiming the lives of many passengers and crew. The staggering casualties finally prompted calls from the public and politicians for reforms to the system for rescues that the federal government had in place. The tragedies ultimately resulted in changes that prevented countless similar deaths. This unique and gripping account offers minute-by-minute details of the deadly wrecks, their causes and their final outcomes.
Author: Caroline Seebohm
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780813540160
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this delightful collection of personal accounts, historical anecdotes, and gorgeous photographs, Seebohm and Cook cast a fresh eye on the array of quaint cottages, quirky bungalows, and splendid mansions that generations have chosen as their summer homes.