There's More to New Jersey than the Sopranos / / Marc Mappen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Mappen, Marc,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Argitaratze-urtea: 2009
• Hizkuntza: English
• Deskribapen fisikoa: 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 27 illustrations. 27 illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. How We Got to Where We Are --; 2. When Prehistoric Elephants Roamed New Jersey --; 3. New Jersey Was Paradise --; 4. Move Over, Betsy Ross --; 5. Good Golly, Miss Molly --; 6. The Caldwell Murder Case --; 7. "The Cow Chace" --; 8. Classical Gas --; 9. The Congressman's Cold --; 10. The First Flight --; 11. John Adams's Ass --; 12. Man Eats Tomato and Lives! --; 13. Explosion on the USS Princeton --; 14. Two New Jersey Soldiers in Confederate Prisons --; 15. General Grant Skips the Theater --; 16. The Jersey General and the Secret of Custer's Last Stand --; 17. Poor Mary Smith --; 18. Mrs. Stanton Steps Out in Tenafly --; 19. It's About Time --; 20. Leprosy in the Laundry --; 21. Stephen Crane Gets into Trouble --; 22. The Ghostly Sphynx of Metedeconk --; 23. Annie Oakley Lived in Nutley, New Jersey --; 24. Scandal at the Girls' Reform School --; 25. Alice Goes for a Drive --; 26. Billy Sunday Came to Trenton on Monday --; 27. Ezra Pound Insults Newark --; 28. Cher Ami --; 29. The Poet, the Athlete, and the War to End All Wars --; 30. The Applejack Campaign --; 31. Swan Song for Shoeless Joe --; 32. The Tragic Fall of the Mexican Lindbergh --; 33. On the Boardwalk with Al Capone --; 34. The Morro Castle Mystery --; 35. The Rise and Fall of a Great Detective --; 36. Mommy Was a Commie --; 37. The Martian Invasion --; 38. When New Jersey Was a Nazi Target --; 39. Teleporting Penguin Lands in New Jersey --; 40. The Serpent in the Garden State --; Postscript: How to Write an Encyclopedia of New Jersey in Nine Easy Years --; Suggestions for Further Reading --; Index --; About the author
• Gaia: An American tourist in Europe stopped at a restaurant in Gdansk, Poland, and struck up a conversation with a local. "Where do you come from?" he asked. "New Jersey," she said. He smiled and replied, "Ah, Sopranos!" Even fans of that popular show, one that held viewers captive, may be a bit disheartened to discover that the first thing that pops into minds around the world about New Jersey is a dysfunctional crime family, just an exit or two off the infamous N.J. Turnpike. But there's no need to live in fear that the only culture and history that the state is known for is, well, let's say, a bit of bada bing. Actually, the echo of the Big Bangùthe cosmic event that marked the birth of our universe some 13.7 billion years agoùwas first identified by scientists from Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey. In this lively romp through history from the primitive past to the present day, Marc Mappen's message resonatesùThere's More to New Jersey than the Sopranos. Real tales, wise tales, tall tales abound throughout the pages of Mappen's collection, filled with zest, humor, scandal, and occasionally tragedy. Annie Oakley. Ulysses S. Grant. Benedict Arnold. Ezra Pound. Shoeless Joe Jackson. These luminaries and many others share a common bond with the state that witnessed prehistoric elephants roaming its pastures, the explosion on the USS Princeton, a Martian invasion, famous firsts like the phonograph, electric light, and movies, and, well, step aside Tony Soprano: mobster Al Capone strolling along the Atlantic City boardwalk. Providing a lens into American history through lively prose and more than twenty-five illustrations, There's More to New Jersey than the Sopranos is as much fun as a trip to the Jersey Shore and definitely more rewarding than a night home watching televisionù simply stated, this book is one you can't refuse to read.
• Formatua: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780813548449; 9783110688610
• DOI: 10.36019/9780813548449
• Sartu: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Marc Mappen.

An American tourist in Europe stopped at a restaurant in Gdansk, Poland, and struck up a conversation with a local. "Where do you come from?" he asked. "New Jersey," she said. He smiled and replied, "Ah, Sopranos!" Even fans of that popular show, one that held viewers c...