{"product_id":"theres-more-to-new-jersey-than-the-sopranos-9780813545868","title":"Theres More to New Jersey Than The Sopranos","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProviding a lens into American history through lively prose and more than twenty-five illustrations, \u003ci\u003eThere's More to New Jersey than the Sopranos\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You can sense the twinkle in Marc Mappen's eyes as he tells tales--real, wise and tall--packed with zest, humor, scandal, and occasionally tragedy.\" * Star-Ledger *\u003cbr\u003e\"Mappen pulls out little-known tidbits in our state's history to illustrate a long-standing assertion by many historians that it is difficult to find national and international events without some link to New Jersey. Mappen makes a sound argument to lift our state from a punchline to a more suitable noble station in our hearts and minds.\"\u003cbr\u003e * Home News Tribune *\u003cbr\u003e\"So, you think you know New Jersey history? Well, think again. In \u003ci\u003eThere's More to New Jersey than the Sopranos\u003c\/i\u003e, Marc Mappen provides readers with dozens of fascinating Jersey stories. From long-buried mastodons to menacing Martians, it is all here. This book is a must-read.\" -- Dr. Richard Veit * Department of History and Anthropology, Monmouth University *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a delightful and informative book--where scholarship meets Weird New Jersey. Mappen is truly New Jersey's master historical storyteller.\" -- Mark Lender * Kean University *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThere's More to New Jersey than the Sopranos\u003c\/i\u003e lives up to its title, and then some. The book is a delightful read, full of wit and information on every page.\" -- Thomas Fleming * Winner of the Richard J. Hughes Award for Lifetime Achievement in New Jersey His *\u003cbr\u003e\"Mappen's little book, brimming with page-turning tales of our funny, ironic, serious, tragic, heroic, shameful, endlessly fascinating history is proof enough that it's title is indeed true. Five stars: Excellent in scholarship, writing style, and graphic\/typography.\" * Garden State Legacy *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1 How We Got to Where We Are\u003cbr\u003e 2 When Prehistoric Elephants Roamed New Jersey\u003cbr\u003e 3 New Jersey Was Paradise\u003cbr\u003e 4 Move Over Betsy Ross\u003cbr\u003e 5 Good Golly, Miss Molly\u003cbr\u003e 6 The Caldwell Murder Case\u003cbr\u003e 7 \"The Cow Chace\"\u003cbr\u003e 8 Classical Gas\u003cbr\u003e 9 The Congressman's Cold\u003cbr\u003e 10 The First Flight\u003cbr\u003e 11 John Adams's Ass\u003cbr\u003e 12 Man Eats Tomato and Lives!\u003cbr\u003e 13 Explosion on the USS Princeton\u003cbr\u003e 14 Two New Jersey Soldiers in Confederate Prisons\u003cbr\u003e 15 General Grant Skips the Theater\u003cbr\u003e 16 The Jersey General and the Secret of Custer's Last Stand\u003cbr\u003e 17 Poor Mary Smith\u003cbr\u003e 18 Mrs. Stanton Steps Out in Tenafly\u003cbr\u003e 19 It's About Time\u003cbr\u003e 20 Leprosy in the Laundry\u003cbr\u003e 21 Stephen Crane Gets into Trouble\u003cbr\u003e 22 The Ghostly Sphynx of Metedeconk\u003cbr\u003e 23 Annie Oakley Lived in Nutley, New Jersey\u003cbr\u003e 24 Scandal at the Girls' Reform School\u003cbr\u003e 25 Alice Goes for a Drive\u003cbr\u003e 26 Billy Sunday Came to Trenton on Monday\u003cbr\u003e 27 Ezra Pound Insults Newark\u003cbr\u003e 28 Cher Ami\u003cbr\u003e 29 The Poet, the Athlete, and the War to End All Wars\u003cbr\u003e 30 The Applejack Campaign\u003cbr\u003e 31 Swan Song for Shoeless Joe\u003cbr\u003e 32 The Tragic Fall of the Mexican Lindbergh\u003cbr\u003e 33 On the Boardwalk with Al Capone\u003cbr\u003e 34 The Morro Castle Mystery\u003cbr\u003e 35 The Rise and Fall of a Great Detective\u003cbr\u003e 36 Mommy Was a Commie\u003cbr\u003e 37 The Martian Invasion\u003cbr\u003e 38 When New Jersey Was a Nazi Target\u003cbr\u003e 39 Teleporting Penguin Lands in New Jersey\u003cbr\u003e 40 The Serpent in the Garden State: A Brief History of Corruption\u003cbr\u003e 41 Postscript: How to Write an Encyclopedia of New Jersey in Nine Easy Years","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038418436439,"sku":"9780813545868","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813545868.jpg?v=1750940268","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/theres-more-to-new-jersey-than-the-sopranos-9780813545868","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}