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The Other Jersey Shore
River otters, black bears, and red foxes drink from its clear waters. Prickly pear cacti grow from the red shale cliffs that overlook it, while on the river near Bordentown lies …
Port Newark and the Origins of Container Shipping
Container shipping is a vital part of the global economy. Goods from all around the world, from vegetables to automobiles, are placed in large metal containers which are …
Sarmiento's Travels in the U.S. in 1847
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888), Argentine educator, statesman, and writer, self-educated after the model of Benjamin Franklin, was "not a man but a nation," in the words of …
Navy Crazy
An American Diplomat in Franco Spain
The George Washington Bridge
Since opening in 1931, the George Washington Bridge, linking New York and New Jersey, has become the busiest bridge in the world, with 103 million vehicles crossing it in 2016. …
Un diplomatico americano en la Espana de Franco
Hace anos Michael Rockland trabajo como adjunto cultural en la embajada norteamericana en Madrid, pero ni fisica ni espiritualmente se ha despedido nunca de nuestro pais. A pesar …
A Bliss Case
English professor turns New Age guru. A New York Times notable book for 1989. "Rockland...scores a hit with this smoothly written first novel, which has a serious message about the …
Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike
Two American Studies professors from Rutgers University here show how the New Jersey Turnpike--that "ugly icon,'' America's "widest and most traveled'' road--has found its way into …
Married to Hitler
Adam Levin is a Jewish college professor going through a divorce in the mid-1970s. He lives in a typical New Jersey suburban town, but nothing is typical about Adam--he's obsessed …
Snowshoeing Through Sewers
When Daniel Boone heard a neighbor's dog bark, he moved West. But when there's no Wild West left, where is adventure to be found? Michael Aaron Rockland looks for adventure in the …