Waltzer and Wilk have compiled almost fifty stories about the state's southernmost counties. Although the focus is on Atlantic City and its remarkable people, outsize structures, and quirky events, the storytelling ranges across the wider region to provide an insiders look at history as it was being made. You'll encounter gangsters and gamblers, baseball hitters and hurricanes, famous piers and hotels, landmark theaters and eateries, splashy events and unheralded oddities ¾ in sum, a cross-section of the regions character and characters.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Entertainment -
The Broadway Theatre
Diving Duos
The Apollo Theatre
Club Harlem
Peg Leg Bates
The Crooner and the Comic
Bill Haley: Rockin' around South Jersey
The Voice of the Shore
The Atlantic City Pop Festival
The King of Marvin Gardens
Famous/Infamous Events -
Tale of the Timbers
Woodbury's Rebel General
The Wildwood Boardwalk
Surf and Turf
The Reluctant Miss America
War at the Shore
The Hurricane of'44
Innovations & Innovators -
The Father of Atlantic City
Colonel McKee
Signs of the Times
Sara Spencer Washington
Seabrook Farms
Seashore Architect: Vivian Smith
The Blue Comet
Teflon Changes the World
Leisure & Recreation -
Point in Time
Before Gambling Was Legal
The Big Wheel
Steeplechase Pier
Garden Pier
The Anglers Club
Skee-Ball
Ocean City Music Pier
The Cowtown Rodeo
Room & Board -
The Shelburne
The Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel
A Resort with a Historical View
Captain Starn's
Sports -
The Black Honus Wagner
Indoor Bowling: Football Variety
Goose Goslin
Spring Training at the Shore
Clamshell Pitching: One Singular Sand-sation
Bridgeton at Bat
Bibliography
Index
