North Jersey Legacies:: Hidden History from the Gateway to the Skylnds

by Gordon Bond

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160949556X
• ISBN13: 9781609495565
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"