The Jersey Devil And Other Legends Of The Jersey Shore
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Author | : Henry Charlton Beck |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 5 |
Release | : 1947 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : |
The author of this article discusses legends of the New Jersey shore and expresses sadness that the natives are moving away because of development of the area and are taking their rich lives and folklore with them.
Author | : James F. McCloy |
Publisher | : B B& A Publishers |
Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780912608112 |
In the course of its extraordinary history, the Jersey Devil has been exorcised, shot, electrocuted, declared officially dead, and scoffed as foolishness--none of which has had any effect on it or the people who persist in seeing it!This mysterious creature is said to prowl the lonely sand trails and mist-shrouded marshes of the Pine Barrens, and emerge perioducally to rampage through the towns and cities of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania, leaving many communities in near-hysteria.The authors show that while a few appearances have been out-right fraud and others have likely been the result of mass hysteria, this creature has been seen by enough sane, sober, and responsible citizens to keep the possiblity of its existence alive and tantalizing.Over 50,000 in print
Author | : Brian Regal |
Publisher | : Johns Hopkins University Press |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2019-07-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1421436353 |
A product of innuendo and rumor, as well as scandal and media hype, the Jersey Devil enjoys a rich history involving land grabs, astrological predictions, mermaids and dinosaur bones, sideshows, Napoleon Bonaparte's brother, a cross-dressing royal governor, and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.
Author | : Richard J. Kimmel |
Publisher | : Schiffer Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9780764341274 |
Extending along the eastern coast of the state, the Jersey Shore is filled with folklore and strange happenings. Discover how historical events here may have given birth to legend. Read about German U-boats sneaking past Sandy Hook in shallow water defying commonsense. Drive down pineland roads leading to a tiny clearing where satanic rituals, occult meetings, and whisky stills could have flourished. Chase spirits and spies at the Seabrook-Wilson House at the Bayshore Waterfront Park or consider the famed Jersey Devil. Find out about Captain Kidd and Blackbeard who may still be looking for buried treasure. See the Devil's Tower in Cape May built so a man's wife could see the New York City skyline, but all she saw from it was her husband with another woman – if you circle the tower three times, you will see "something," too. So slip into your swimsuits, don your backpacks, climb into your automobile, or mount your bicycle, and visit the Folklore Of the New Jersey Shore!
Author | : Bill Sprouse |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2013-10 |
Genre | : Devil |
ISBN | : 9780989952200 |
"For the better part of two centuries, at least, the story of the Jersey Devil has been part of the culture of Southern New Jersey. A fire-breathing monster with the head of a horse, bat wings and the body of a kangaroo, the creature is said to be the thirteenth child of Mother Leeds, born in 1735, when the unfortunate woman put a curse on her future offspring. Informed at a tender age by his BeBop (his grandmother) that he is distantly related to the beast, Bill Sprouse goes looking for the story behind the story of his family's connection to the famous monster. The result is part memoir, part travelogue and part a raucous tour of three-hundred years of New Jersey history. The domestic life of the Jersey Devil traces the origins of the Jersey Devil legend to an obscure pamphlet war that sent the Leeds family to Leeds Point at the end of the seventeenth century, with the family patriarch, Daniel Leeds, branded Satan's Harbinger in the process. If follows the story through its connection with the residents of the Pine Barrens (the famous Pineys), who were said to live in fear of the beast, and, finally, it examines the legend in its modern iterations: X-files episodes are made about the monster, a pro hockey team is named after it, and residents of Galloway Township attempt to adopt the creature as the official town mascot. The domestic life of the Jersey Devil is a book about suburban identity, and about one suburbanite's attempt to come to terms with his family history in the most unlikely of places."--
Author | : Geoffrey Girard |
Publisher | : B B& A Publishers |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Devil |
ISBN | : 9780975441923 |
The legend of the mysterious and terrifying Jersey Devil, and the many stories surrounding this truly unique American myth are not to be missed or forgotten. Collected here, are thirteen chilling tales of a creature that has terrorized and captivated the mysterious New Jersey Pine Barrens for more than two hundred years. From the creature's birth in 1735 to a modern-day Jersey Devil hunt, dare to follow this monster and those who have faced its terror through more than two hundred years of American history, folklore, and horror.
Author | : Trinka Hakes Noble |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781585368372 |
Relates the origins of the Jersey Devil, a monstrous creature that has reportedly haunted the Pine Barrens region of New Jersey since 1735 menacing townspeople, worrying livestock, and causing all manner of ills.
Author | : Charles A. Stansfield |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2006-02-15 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0811740676 |
An entertaining look into the haunted history of the New Jersey coastline.
Author | : S. E. Schlosser |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2017-07-01 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 1493027980 |
Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for 35 creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences from times past. Set deep in the Pinelands and Ramapo Mountains, along the Atlantic coast, and in historic towns like Burlington and Springfield, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again. New Jersey folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser and in artist Paul Hoffman's evocative illustrations. You'll meet ghosts and witches, hear things that go bump in the night, and feel an icy wind on the back of your neck on a warm summer evening. Whether read around the campfire on a dark and stormy night or from the backseat of the family van on the way to grandma's, this is a collection to treasure.
Author | : Patricia A. Martinelli |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2004-07-13 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0811740714 |
A fun look at unexplained phenomena in New Jersey, featuring information on ghost tours in the state.