Fun, Sun, Fire, and War in Cape May, Americas Original Seaside Town It began with an advertisement in a Philadelphia newspaper in 1801. Soon, city dwellers were descending on Cape May, at the tip of the Jersey Shore, and the American seaside vacation was born. Presidents stayed in Cape May, and famous industrialists from the north mixed with renowned plantation owners from the south. But the Civil War and an inferno that destroyed forty acres of majestic beachfront hotels sent Cape May lurching toward oblivion. During two ...
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Fun, Sun, Fire, and War in Cape May, Americas Original Seaside Town It began with an advertisement in a Philadelphia newspaper in 1801. Soon, city dwellers were descending on Cape May, at the tip of the Jersey Shore, and the American seaside vacation was born. Presidents stayed in Cape May, and famous industrialists from the north mixed with renowned plantation owners from the south. But the Civil War and an inferno that destroyed forty acres of majestic beachfront hotels sent Cape May lurching toward oblivion. During two world wars, the town hosted a huge garrison of soldiers and sailors, and the city was front-page news when a German U-boat surrendered off its coast in 1945. It took a bitter battle between the city and preservationists for Cape May to be reborn. Ben Miller tells the compelling story of how Cape May went from boom to bust and back again in this lavishly illustrated, meticulously researched book.
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B/W, Sepia, & Colored Photos, Etc. Near Fine. No Jacket as Issued. Oblong Folio. Signed By Author 1st printing; pictorial c; illustrated end papers; 300 clean, unmarked pages.
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Fine in Not Issued jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s) INSCRIBED. Pictorial boards, oblong format. Slight surface rubbing to front cover, small "3" inked at top corner of title page, otherwise as issued. Inscribed by author on upper front flyleaf, signed as "Ben, " personalized and with "Best wishes! " salutation, undated. 1st ed. : July 2009.
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