Great Storms of the Jersey Shore

Few living at the Jersey Shore today have experienced extreme storms, but for those who have -- as they describe in this book -- it is a defining moment in their lives. They draw us in to a time and place where survival is uncertain.
 Archival reports and historic news accounts are interwoven with interviews of more than 200 people who experienced major coastal storms first-hand. Much of the book is devoted to these vivid personal stories, with extensive narratives of the devastating 1962 nor'easter and the great hurricane of 1944. The dramatic history of major coastal storms which have hit the east coast and New Jersey Shore is graphically illustrated with nearly two hundred historic photographs, engravings, and maps in an oversize book.
 Great Storms of the Jersey Shore also touches upon the mythic nature of storms, with excerpts from literature, the meteorology of coastal storms, and environmental implications for those living along the coast. A significant reference -- covering storms from the voyages of Columbus to the last big nor'easter of December '92 -- this large-format book is a must for every shore resident's library. (NOTE: This is the original edition of Great Storms, published in 1993.)

History

Bill Bradley

Margaret Thomas Buchholz

Larry Savadove

Americas

Down the Shore Pub

This is the ''Down The Shore'' book, from the publisher of the popular Down The Shore Calendars: Fifty-four contributors capture the heart and soul of the Jersey Shore in this extraordinary pictorial hardcover. Evocative seasonal essays by noted writers combine with 332 color photographs to immerse the reader in the quintessential Shore -- from ocean to bay, sand dunes to salt marsh, from boardwalks to amusements and arcades to quiet, natural places. Featuring the work of dozens of exceptional photographers, this large-format book celebrates the entire shore; it evokes a wonderful connection to place that is both personal and shared. From Sandy Hook to Cape May, Four Seasons at the Shore is ''a revelation'' said the Times of Trenton. It is a touchstone for anyone who has ever visited or lived here -- no matter where they live now, or how long it has been since they've had Jersey Shore sand between their toes.

Four Seasons at the Shore: Photographs of the Jersey Shore

Arts & Photography

Sandy Gingras

Rich Youmans

John T. Cunningham

Photography & Video

Down The Shore Publishing

Presents accounts of shipwrecks and their aftermath on the New Jersey shore, from the seventeenth century through 1987.

New Jersey Shipwrecks: 350 Years in the Graveyard of the Atlantic

History & Criticism

Like a great family photo album for Long Beach Island, Island Album is a delightful oversize hardcover that will be poured over and shared by the ''family'' of this New Jersey barrier island resort. Here is Long Beach Island in the days of pound fishing and great hotels, but here, too, are individual fishermen showing off their catches and a gaggle of summer waitresses posing for a group picture in their brief spare time. Children of every decade personify summer as they romp on beaches and mess about in boats. Teenagers are teenagers, recognizable at work and play. Houses evolve from simple shanties into Victorian ''cottages'' and finally modern structures with walls of glass. But all are home to the families gathered for the camera on porch and dock. The text, drawn from a series of remarkable interviews taped over a ten-year period, combines descriptions of life on the Island with what the Island represents to those who have known it well. This fragile strip of land between bay and ocean captures the imagination today as much as ever, and this loving evocation of its past will delight those who know, and those who have just discovered, this place apart.

Island Album: Photographs & Memories of Long Beach Island

In this poignant story, the failing economy of 1931 forces a successful young couple to give up their cosmopolitan New York City lifestyle for a simple life at the edge of the sea.
 For Jo, the fisherman's wife, the relocation turns out to be more than she bargained for. She had been a globe-trotting writer and researcher for one of the legendary reporters of the 20th century. Soon pregnant, she and her husband struggle to make a home and live frugally. He tries to meet expenses as a commercial fisherman, while she is alone in their house on a winter beach, enduring pregnancy and worrying about her spouse at sea. She misses the encounters with power and wealth her career brought her, the comforts and security of their lives before storms and struggle became the norm.
 Yet, they find true happiness. First published during the Great Depression, this timeless story reveals how sacrifice, hardship and trust can create a common bond of love; how there is a deep sense of fulfillment in working together and discovering that, as the author writes ...something much finer was welded between us than we found in the first prosperous days of our marriage. 
 Beautifully illustrated with traditional woodcuts by contemporary printmaker Julie Goldstein, the story includes an epilogue by New Jersey shore history author Margaret Thomas Buchholz.

Fisherman's Wife

Biographies & Memoirs

Josephine Lehman Thomas

Community & Culture

More than sixty fascinating essays and stories, spanning the period between the 1930s and 2000, capture the essence of Long Beach Island. This lovingly-edited anthology includes stories of childhood at the beach, travel to the Shore, summer beach parties, summer jobs, fishing, sailing, surfing, nightlife, storms, and beachcombing. There are accounts of the whale blown up on the beach, shark attacks, a sea serpent and an aquaplane; natural history including terrapins, horseshoe crabs, and preservation. More textured and reflective than simple accounts of life and fun at the beach, the stories were chosen from several thousand published over five decades in the weekly Beachcomber.

The Long Beach Island Reader

Literature & Fiction

United States

In this curated selection of great writing from The SandPaper, The Beachcomber, and other publications, the shared experience that is Long Beach Island is presented for locals and visitors alike. More than 70 accounts capture quintessential experiences on the water and on the beach, the joy of a shore summer and our dramatically different seasons. There is humor, history and natural history, the terror of great storms, environmental warnings from the past, and timeless island pleasures that continue from one generation to the next. From stories about landmarks to ice cream; from fishing, sailing, and surfing to rescues, beachcombing, and entertainment, this collection is a delightful salty sampler of Long Beach Island life. 
 Five sections -- Up and Down the Island, On the Water, Night Beat, Island Storms, The Environment, Way Back When -- explore the full spectrum of LBI life, including summer jobs, surfing history, rumrunners, beachcombings, a threatened lighthouse, the flooded island, music and clubs, terrifying storms, the joy of summer crowds, and more.

Long Beach Island Chronicles

2020 Gold Award winner: Best regional book in the nation! As chosen by more than 160 librarians, booksellers and design and editorial experts nationwide in the 32nd annual Benjamin Franklin Book Awards\nThis new and greatly expanded 2nd edition of a ''history of wild weather on the Jersey Shore...with harrowing eyewitness accounts'' (Booklist review of the first edition) now includes Superstorm Sandy and even more weather.\nIllustrated with nearly 300 photographs, engravings and graphics, this large-format book is filled with dramatic personal accounts from storm survivors. From the earliest recorded storms through the devastating March '62 nor'easter, the 1944 hurricane, December 1992's extreme nor'easter, and Superstorm Sandy, this ''bible of Jersey Shore storms'' also touches upon the mythic nature of great storms and looks at the environmental implications of coastal living.\nWith added color photographs, more storms, updated information, record tides and storm tracks, this new edition includes an Afterword about climate change, sea level rise, and the future of the coast. It is a must for every Shore resident's library.\nFROM THE DUSTJACKET: 
 This is a book about living on the edge. It is a book of survival stories -- gripping accounts from those who have experienced major storms along the New Jersey Shore, woven together with contemporary news and you-are-there reports. Originally published in 1993, this expanded 2nd edition includes an extensive chapter on Superstorm Sandy, the most destructive storm to strike the region in generations. But readers who know only of Sandy may be amazed by the stories of the Shore's historic storms, especially the hurricane of 1944 or the March nor'easter of 1962. Before modern building codes, flood insurance, evacuation orders, or reliable forecasts, these epic storms were as completely devastating. This new edition updates other coastal weather events from recent years. And because development at the Jersey Shore continues apace -- driven by a never-fading desire to live by the ocean, at a time when the climate is changing and the seas are rising -- an afterword on the future of the Shore has been added. Great Storms of the Jersey Shore is dramatically illustrated with nearly 300 photographs, engravings, and graphics. Reproduced here, these images take on new life and provide a window through which we can view the past and appreciate both the horror and beauty of nature unleashed. Within these pages the voices of those who have known the power of great coastal storms draw us in to a time and place where survival is uncertain. For those who have experienced such storms -- as their stories reveal in this book -- it is a defining moment in their lives.

Great Storms of the Jersey Shore (Expanded 2nd Ed.)

Scott Mazzella

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