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The popular Rookie Books expand their horizons - to all corners of the globe! With this series all about geography, emergent readers will take off on adventures to cities, nations, waterways, and habitats around the world…and right in their own backyards. ... Read more

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I liked this book because i learned many interesting things about my home state. I realy liked the parts and pictures about the beaches. ... Read more

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This Geography of New Jersey is the best!
I'm only half-way through reading this book and must say it is most comprehensive and far more enjoyable than I had anticipated.It not only includes the usual geographic low-down on the state (topography, rivers, coastlines, weather, etc.) but an historical background which has turned out to be most important for an understanding of why and how the state's geography has been affected by its human population.I highly recommend this tome to all who would understand the state of New Jersey and its natural and man-made landscape.

Everything you wanted to know about NJ...
Although "geography" is in the title of this book, it covers much, much more. The author covers almost every aspect of New Jersey, from its history through its geography, ecology, demographics, transportation systems and economy. Anybody doing research on the Garden State will find this book invaluable; the merely curious will find it fascinating as well.

The book contains a wealth of Jersey trivia. For instance, the township of Cherry Hill (across the river from Philadelphia) is named for the Cherry Hill Mall! Before the mall was built, the township was known as Delaware Township, but changed its name to capitalize on the success of the shopping center.Also, in the 1960s, the South Jersey town of Pine Hill sported a ski resort (anyone familiar with South Jersey will know how absurd that is).

My only caveat has nothing to do with the book itself, but with the publication date. Having been published in 1998, it obviously doesn't refelct the most recent (2000) census data. Hopefully an updated edition will be forthcoming.

One would hope that a book like this exists for every state in the Union. ... Read more

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This reproduction was printed from a digital file created at the Library of Congress as part of an extensive scanning effort started with a generous donation from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.The Library is pleased to offer much of its public domain holdings free of charge online and at a modest price in this printed format.Seeing these older volumes from our collections rediscovered by new generations of readers renews our own passion for books and scholarship. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! South Orange is a suburban municipality in the New York Metropolitan Area located in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the village's population was 16,964. Seton Hall University is located in South Orange. "The time and circumstances under which the name South Orange originated will probably never be known," wrote historian William H Shaw in 1884, "and we are obliged to fall back on a tradition, that Mr Nathan Squier first used the name in an advertisement offering wood for sale" in 1795. ... Read more

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This reproduction was printed from a digital file created at the Library of Congress as part of an extensive scanning effort started with a generous donation from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.The Library is pleased to offer much of its public domain holdings free of charge online and at a modest price in this printed format.Seeing these older volumes from our collections rediscovered by new generations of readers renews our own passion for books and scholarship. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Spring Lake is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 3,567. Spring Lake and its environs are known as the "Irish Riviera" because of the large Irish-American population in the area, with Spring Lake having the highest percentage of Irish Americans of any municipality in the United States. Spring Lake was formed as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1892, from portions of Wall Township), based on the results of a referendum held on March 8, 1892. On February 24, 1903, the borough of North Spring Lake was annexed. ... Read more

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Chapters: Neighborhoods in Jersey City, New Jersey, Communipaw, Exchange Place, Greenville, Jersey City, Harsimus, Journal Square, Bergen-Lafayette, Jersey City, Beacon, Jersey City, the Heights, Jersey City, West Side, Jersey City, Bergen Square, Paulus Hook, Jersey City, Newport, Jersey City, Curries Woods, Bergen Hill, Jersey City, Downtown Jersey City, Van Vorst Park, Central Avenue, Powerhouse Arts District, Jersey City, Country Village, Jersey City, Hilltop, Jersey City, Croxton, Jersey City, Port Liberté, Jersey City, Marion Section, Five Corners, Jersey City, Hackensack Riverfront, Horseshoe, Jersey City, List of Neighborhoods in Jersey City, New Jersey, the Village, Jersey City, Western Slope, Jersey City, Mcginley Square, India Square, Hamilton Park, Jersey City, Chelsea, Jersey City, Society Hill, Jersey City, Waldo, Jersey City, Communipaw Junction, Claremont, Jersey City, Lincoln Park/west Bergen, the Island, Jersey City. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 149. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:Jersey City Medical Center Beacon is a new mixed-use community emerging from of the historic restoration of the original complex of the Jersey City Medical Center . It is located on a 14-acre site on Bergen Hill , a crest of the Hudson Palisades and one of the highest geographical points in Jersey City , New Jersey . It creates the northeastern corner the Bergen Lafayette Section and is just east of McGinley Square . It will include two million square feet of residential and retail space, approximately 1,200 luxury residences and 80,000. square feet of retail spaceHistory The hospital began as the "Charity Hospital" by the Board of Aldermen of Jersey City who bought land at Baldwin Avenue and Montgomery Street in 1882 for a new hospital. The locale was chosen to remove the hospital from the industrial development at... ... Read more

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Chapters: Geology of Jersey, le Hocq, Saint Aubin, Jersey, Iso 3166-2:je, Les Platons, List of Islands of the Bailiwick of Jersey, Brioverian Volcanics. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The geology of Jersey is characterised by the Late Proterozoic Brioverian volcanics, the Cadomian Orogeny, and only small signs of later deposits from the Cambrian and Quaternary periods. The kind of rocks go from conglomerate to shale, volcanic, intrusive and plutonic igneous rocks of many compositions, and metamorphic rocks as well, thus including most major types. The Brioverian rocks were formed between 900 and 700 mya. They were named after Briovère, the native name for St. Lô, in Normandy, which is the first area these rocks were described from. They start with turbidites in the west, centre and south of Jersey, including at St Ouens Bay, and St Aubins Bay. The Brioverian sedimentary rocks are all well bedded and were originally the mid and outer parts of a submarine fan. This constitutes the Jersey Shale Formation. The shale is found at Gorey Harbour in the east coast, and La Belle Hougue Point, and Le Mont Mado granite has an occurrence. The shale is more easily eroded, and this has affected the shape of the island by the concave St Ouens's Bay and St Aubin's Bay. The deepest valleys (Valley of St. Peter and St. Lawrence) are cut into this soft rock. Other sediments associated with the shale are mudstone, and fine grained sandstone. Various sedimentary structures include flute and bounce castes, ripple lamination, graded bedding, cross bedding, and boudinage. The shale layers have been identified as Association IV in the submarine fan. The sandstone is Association III of the submarine fan. Greywacke is termed Association IV along with the shale. It is f...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18358060 ... Read more