Favorite book on South Jersey history...

[MikeBickerson]

With school and work out and my summer job not yet clobbering me, I've been trying to catch up on my reading. I've gotten through the first hundred and fifty pages of <i>Heart of the Pines</i> (with large amounts of other sections of the book read as I saw topics that jumped out at me) and I'm about ready to start on the new book on Brotherton.<p>

Anyway, what's your favorite book on South Jersey history?<p>

I've read a good many, but I think mine is still the first one I read, <i>Forgotten Towns of Southern New Jersey</i>. No one I've read can do it as well as Beck, even if he strays off the historically accurate path once in a while...

 

[long-a-coming]

From about the age of 10 I took many canoe trips in the pines and knew absolutely nothing about its history. John Mcphee's Pine Barrens started the ball rolling so I'll say that's my favorite. It scratches the surface on a variety of subjects and I'm sure I'm not alone to say that book led me to read about the pines in more detail. Beck's books are great and I'm very interested in reading about the Brotherton Reservation also. Down Jersey is also good.

 

[woodjin]

Great question! I'm too indecisive to come up with one favorite. Both mentioned are excellent books. Jersey Genisis is great also. In a different sense, perhaps the most referred to book I have is Howard Boyd's pine barrens field guide . Not great reading like the above mentioned works, but so informative and easy to use, especially when I was first getting into the pines many many years ago. He touches on everything in a general sense.

Jeff