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Book The Lure of Long Beach

Download or read book The Lure of Long Beach written by George B. Somerville and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Lure of Long Beach

Download or read book The Lure of Long Beach written by Charles Edgar Nash and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Lure of Long Beach

Download or read book The Lure of Long Beach written by George B. Somerville and published by Down the Shore Pub. This book was released on 1987-05-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first history of Long Beach Island! Originally published in 1914 to commemorate the opening of the first causeway to the island, this book was reprinted in cooperation with the LBI Historical Association. (Not to be confused with the "Schooner Lucy Evelyn edition" by Charles Edgar Nash, published between 1936 & 1975.) Extremely limited quantities; softcovers may have slightly scuffed covers. Direct mail orders only.

Book The Lure of Long Beach

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  • Author : George B. Somerville
  • Publisher : Down the Shore Pub
  • Release : 1987-08-01
  • ISBN : 9780945582250
  • Pages : 112 pages

Download or read book The Lure of Long Beach written by George B. Somerville and published by Down the Shore Pub. This book was released on 1987-08-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first history of Long Beach Island! Originally published in 1914 to commemorate the opening of the first causeway to the island, this book was reprinted in cooperation with the LBI Historical Association. (Not to be confused with the "Schooner Lucy Evelyn edition" by Charles Edgar Nash, published between 1936 & 1975.) Extremely limited quantities; softcovers may have slightly scuffed covers. Direct mail orders only.

Book The Lure of Long Beach

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  • Author : HardPress
  • Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
  • Release : 2013-12
  • ISBN : 9781314709971
  • Pages : 124 pages

Download or read book The Lure of Long Beach written by HardPress and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Book The Lure of the Beach

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  • Author : Robert C. Ritchie
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2023-04-25
  • ISBN : 0520395573
  • Pages : 339 pages

Download or read book The Lure of the Beach written by Robert C. Ritchie and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A human and global take on a beloved vacation spot. The crash of surf, smell of salted air, wet whorls of sand underfoot. These are the sensations of the beach, that environment that has drawn humans to its life-sustaining shores for millennia. And while the gull’s cry and the cove’s splendor have remained constant throughout time, our relationship with the beach has been as fluid as the runnels left behind by the tide’s turning. The Lure of the Beach is a chronicle of humanity's history with the coast, taking us from the seaside pleasure palaces of Roman elites and the aquatic rituals of medieval pilgrims, to the venues of modern resort towns and beyond. Robert C. Ritchie traces the contours of the material and social economies of the beach throughout time, covering changes in the social status of beach goers, the technology of transport, and the development of fashion (from nudity to Victorianism and back again), as well as the geographic spread of modern beach-going from England to France, across the Mediterranean, and from nineteenth-century America to the world. And as climate change and rising sea levels erode the familiar faces of our coasts, we are poised for a contemporary reckoning with our relationship—and responsibilities—to our beaches and their ecosystems. The Lure of the Beach demonstrates that whether as a commodified pastoral destination, a site of ecological resplendency, or a flashpoint between private ownership and public access, the history of the beach is a human one that deserves to be told now more than ever before.

Book The Lure of Long Beach   Primary Source Edition

Download or read book The Lure of Long Beach Primary Source Edition written by George B. Somerville and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Book The Long Beach Island Reader

Download or read book The Long Beach Island Reader written by Margaret Thomas Buchholz and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaging and delightful essays, stories, and articles that capture the real Long Beach Island -- the essence of this Jersey Shore resort island -- this collection, selected from years of Beachcomber columns and stories, features storms, fishing, sailing, baseball, surfing, summer watering holes, local color, and of course beachcombing!

Book Eighteen Miles of History on Long Beach Island

Download or read book Eighteen Miles of History on Long Beach Island written by John Bailey Lloyd and published by Down the Shore Pub. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past is brought to life in "this loving history, " as the first edition was described by The Record of Hackensack. Rediscover the lost resort of Sea Haven and Tucker's Island; ride the Tuckerton and Long Beach railroads to the new resort of Beach Haven and stroll along its elegant boardwalk. Experience the fear of the famous 1916 shark attacks, visit the early gunning and yacht clubs. Learn of the shore whalers, watch the pound fishermen haul in boats brimming with fish caught just off the beach.

Book Long Island Beaches

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  • Author : Kristen J. Nyitray
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2019-06-17
  • ISBN : 1439667101
  • Pages : 128 pages

Download or read book Long Island Beaches written by Kristen J. Nyitray and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, Long Island's beaches have provided sustenance, relaxation, and inspiration. The coastline is renowned for its sandy Atlantic Ocean surf beaches, calm bayfront beaches, and rugged north shore Long Island Sound beaches. First inhabited by Native Americans, the area was called Sewanhacky ("Isle of Shells") in reverence to the offerings received where the water met the land. Drawing from the archives of local libraries, historical societies, museums, and private collections, Long Island Beaches presents a curated selection of vintage postcards illustrating the diversity of Nassau and Suffolk Counties' beautiful shores. Rare photographs and maps accompany the postcards to provide historical context. Through extensive research, author Kristen J. Nyitray documents a facet of Long Island's social and cultural history and the lure of its picturesque beaches.

Book A Week at the Shore

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  • Author : Barbara Delinsky
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Press
  • Release : 2020-05-19
  • ISBN : 1250119502
  • Pages : 405 pages

Download or read book A Week at the Shore written by Barbara Delinsky and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A first-rate storyteller who creates believable, sympathetic characters who seem as familiar as your neighbors,” (The Boston Globe), Barbara Delinsky presents a captivating new novel about a woman whose unexpected reunion with her estranged family forces her to confront a devastating past in A Week at the Shore. One phone call is all it takes to lure Mallory Aldiss back to her family’s Rhode Island beach home. It's been twenty years since she's been gone—running from the scandal that destroyed her parents' marriage, drove her and her two sisters apart, and crushed her relationship with the love of her life, Jack Sabathian. Twenty years during which she lived in New York, building her career as a photographer and raising her now teenage daughter Joy. But that phone call makes it clear that something has brought the past forward again—something involving Mallory’s father. Compelled by concern for her family and by Joy’s wish to visit her mother’s childhood home, Mallory returns to Bay Bluff, where conflicting loyalties will be faced and painful truths revealed. In just seven watershed days at the Rhode Island shore, she will test the bonds of friendship and family—and discover the role that love plays in defining their lives.

Book The Unwitting

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  • Author : Ellen Feldman
  • Publisher : Random House
  • Release : 2014-05-06
  • ISBN : 0679645519
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book The Unwitting written by Ellen Feldman and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In CIA parlance, those who knew were “witting.” Everyone else was among the “unwitting.” On a bright November day in 1963, President Kennedy is shot. That same day, Nell Benjamin receives a phone call with news about her husband, the influential young editor of a literary magazine. As the nation mourns its public loss, Nell has her private grief to reckon with, as well as a revelation about Charlie that turns her understanding of her marriage on its head, along with the world she thought she knew. With the Cold War looming ominously over the lives of American citizens in a battle of the Free World against the Communist powers, the blurry lines between what is true, what is good, and what is right tangle with issues of loyalty and love. As the truths Nell discovers about her beloved husband upend the narrative of her life, she must question her own allegiance: to her career as a journalist, to her country, but most of all to the people she loves. Set in the literary Manhattan of the 1950s, at a journal much like the Paris Review, The Unwitting evokes a bygone era of burgeoning sexual awareness and intrigue and an exuberance of ideas that had the power to change the world. Resonant, illuminating, and utterly absorbing, The Unwitting is about the lies we tell, the secrets we keep, and the power of love in the face of both. Praise for The Unwitting “Much of the fun comes from the literary cameos (think: Mary McCarthy, Richard Wright and Robert Lowell), but it’s [Ellen Feldman’s] haunting portrait of a marriage that make this Cold War novel so resonant for readers of any time period, including our own.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “The first notable thing about this book is the narrator’s voice: it is snappish, confident, argumentative, literate. I fell for it from the beginning. . . . The Unwitting is vibrant, sassy, informative, a page-turner, absorbing, and swift. I am a woman, so maybe it is a women’s book, but I seriously doubt it, and hope that male readers will give it a shot. Surely they too will appreciate the research that went into it. Surely they too will be fascinated by its bold and thorough review of the American twentieth century.”—Kelly Cherry, The Los Angeles Review of Books “Compelling enough to take its place with the best of crime fiction, Feldman’s language is loving, bright and sharp while her storytelling abilities are unquestionable. . . . The Unwitting cuts us into an interesting time, then ramps things up. . . . Feldman is clearly a writer who is going places, [and] The Unwitting brings that home: it’s a terrific book.”—January Magazine “A story of love and intrigue during the Cold War, The Unwitting plumbs not only the secrets of spies, but those of the human heart. Moving, witty, and thoroughly intelligent, it is an absorbing and deeply satisfying read.”—Kevin Baker, author of The Big Crowd “Unforgettable . . . The Unwitting compelled me from the first page and through every unexpected twist and turn. This look into the dark places in human nature cries out to be read, re-ead, and discussed.”—Lynn Cullen, author of the national bestseller Mrs. Poe “Through the lens of a passionate, complex marriage, Ellen Feldman brings the Cold War back to life. The Unwitting is a wise and irresistible portrait of fascinating people in a tumultuous time.”—Roger Straus III, former managing director, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Book The Lure of Long Beach

Download or read book The Lure of Long Beach written by Charles Edgar Nash and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Lure of Longboat Key

Download or read book The Lure of Longboat Key written by Mary Lou Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Lou Johnson's award winning fine art photography captures the unique luxury tropical island of Longboat Key in this coffee table book. The Lure of Longboat Key ~ Sunrise to Sunset is a collection of stunning four-color images that portray the natural beauty of the island from its 11-mile Gulf of Mexico shoreline to the bayside overlooking Sarasota, Florida. Some of the chapter titles are Break of Dawn, At the Water's Edge, Sea Life, Wings of Nature, Private Spaces and Secret Gardens, Soul-Filling Seas, and Evening Tranquility. So what IS the lure of Longboat Key? If you asked guests or residents that question they may pause and sigh as they struggle to answer. They may stumble to explain the strong personal emotional pull of the island and attempt to put into words that beautiful, calming feeling they have each time they cross over one of the two bridges. They may talk about their love for the turquoise waters, the white wave crests, the clean air and stunning skies, the shore birds, the tropical setting, the boutique shops and fine dining...the list goes on and on "A talented photographer with a poet's eye, Mary Lou Johnson has done something rare with The Lure of Longboat Key. She's captured not just the "real" Florida, but also the magical Florida, the one we see in our dreams and carry in our hearts. Her pictures are tender, honoring fragile details of sea oat, coquina and mist. But they are also majestic, celebrating sunset explosions and cathedrals of clouds. They're so vivid you will smell the salty air, feel the hot sand between your toes, and hear gulls calling over the fizz of the incoming tide. If you've ever lived in Florida, these pictures will take you home again. If you haven't, this beautiful book is your chance." -- Kathleen O'Brien, author

Book Resorts   Recreation

Download or read book Resorts Recreation written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Jersey Shore

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  • Author : Dominick Mazzagetti
  • Publisher : Rutgers University Press
  • Release : 2018-06-20
  • ISBN : 0813593751
  • Pages : 249 pages

Download or read book The Jersey Shore written by Dominick Mazzagetti and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-20 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Jersey Shore, Dominick Mazzagetti provides a modern re-telling of the history, culture, and landscapes of this famous region, from the 1600s to the present. The Shore, from Sandy Hook to Cape May, became a national resort in the late 1800s and contributes enormously to New Jersey’s economy today. The devastation of Hurricane Sandy in 2012 underscored the area’s central place in the state’s identity and the rebuilding efforts after the storm restored its economic health. Divided into chronological and thematic sections, this book will attract general readers interested in the history of the Shore: how it appeared to early European explorers; how the earliest settlers came to the beaches for the whaling trade; the first attractions for tourists in the nineteenth century; and how the coming of railroads, and ultimately automobiles, transformed the Shore into a major vacation destination over a century later. Mazzagetti also explores how the impact of changing national mores on development, race relations, and the environment, impacted the Shore in recent decades and will into the future. Ultimately, this book is an enthusiastic and comprehensive portrait by a native son, whose passion for the region is shared by millions of beachgoers throughout the Northeast.

Book Island Beach

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  • Author : Gordon Hesse
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2016
  • ISBN : 9780977707768
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Island Beach written by Gordon Hesse and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: