Title
Author
Published NJ focus Noteworthy
New Jersey in the American Revolution Barbara Mitnick, Editor
2005 totally!
just published, Rutgers Press
Washington's Crossing
David Hackett Fisher
2004 significant Book won Pulitzer Prize
1776
David McCullough
2005 significant Pulitzer Prize winning autho
Founding Mothers
Cokie Roberts
2004 partial
Noted NPR journalist
Founding Brothers
Joseph J. Ellis
2002 partial
Book won Pulitzer Prize
The Glorious Cause
Jeff Shaara
2002 significant NYTimes bestseller
John Adams
David McCullough
2001 partial
Pulitzer Prize winning autho
Dreams of Glory
Thomas Fleming
1983 significant Engaging, inspiring
Private Yankee Doodle
Joseph Plumb Martin
1830
Suprisingly entertaining: an engaging, sometimes
humorous account of the Revolution told from the
perspective of the common soldier
"The NJL 100: Our Favorite People,
Places, and Things"
New Jersey Life Magazine
Sept.,2005
"Fall Fun: Great Day Trips for Exploring
the state's Museums, Music, Film &
Theater"
New Jersey Monthly
Oct., 2005
New Jersey is What?
Sunday Star Ledger
Oct. 2, 2005
New Jersey Firsts
Harry Armstrong and Tom
Wilk, Camino Books
Great overview of all the great contributions New
Jersey has made to the nation and the world
New Jersey Birding & Wildlife Trails:
Delaware Bayshore
NJ Audubon
2005
Just published; the 1st in a series to include all of NJ
Food Lovers' Guide to New Jersey
Peter Genovese
2005
Feature writer for the Newark Star Ledger
Family-Friendly Biking in New Jersey Diane Goodspeed
2005
52 Weekends in New Jersey: From
Rodeos to Air Shows to Biking Back
Roads
Mitch Kaplan
2005
Adventure travel writer
Down Jersey Cooking: Celebrating our
Heritage from Past to Present
Joe Colanero
2004
New Jersey Women's Heritage Trail
Deborah Kelly & Ellen
Freedman
2004
Available on line at www.nj.gov/dep/hpo
Encyclopedia of New Jersey
Laurie & Mappen, editors
2004
Won American Library award
New Jersey Underground Railroad Trail NJ Historic Commission
2004
Available on line at
www.tourburlington.org/TourUGRR.html
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