A Huguenot on the Hackensack: David Demarest and His Legacy

by John S. Major and David C. Major

A Huguenot on the Hackensack is the first full-length study of David Demarest, an early European settler of northeastern New Jersey and progenitor of a large and locally influential family. The book examines Demarest's life, the legacy of his family, and the wider "Jersey Dutch" community in which the family played a prominent part. The book looks beneath accumulated layers of legend and older historical interpretations to formulate a new and more...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611473683
• ISBN13: 9781611473681
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"