Includes bibliographical references and index.

Philip Freneau -- James Fenimore Cooper -- Mary Griffith -- Walt Whitman -- Mary Mapes Dodge -- Thomas Nast -- Mary Wilkins Freeman -- Stephen Crane -- Albert Payson Terhune -- William Carlos Williams -- Joyce Kilmer -- Allen Ginsberg -- Mary Higgins Clark -- Toni Morrison -- Amiri Baraka -- Joyce Carol Oates -- Peter Benchley -- Anna Quindlen -- Cheaper by the dozen -- Goodbye, Columbus -- The Pine Barrens -- Eddie and the Cruisers -- Jersey luck -- Rosamund's vision -- Laying down the law -- One for the money -- Our guys -- Lost legends of New Jersey -- Searching for Captain Kidd's treasure -- Burr, Hamilton, and the duel of history in Weehawken -- The Lindbergh baby kidnapping -- The Hindenburg disaster -- The trials of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter -- Mobbed in New Jersey -- On the (paper) trail of the New Jersey Devil -- Dodge Poetry Festival -- The New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame -- Stages of greatness: a survey of the history of theater in New Jersey -- Reaching critical mass in the Garden State -- Stoned in New Jersey.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.