New Jersey In History
New Jersey In History
Fighting to be Heard
Thomas P. Farner
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New Jersey’s underrated history — surprising, tumultuous, and of invaluable importance to the United States — finally gets respect! Fighting to be Heard explores the state’s past — from pre-Revolutionary days, when it comprised two colonies, to its role in 20th century fears over threatened invasions by Nazis, Russians, or even Martians ready to start a “War of the Worlds.” Among the stories are: witch trials in Mount Holly, the Gloucester County Tea Party, the Barnegat Light massacre, the 1888 blizzard, and the crash of the Hindenburg at Lakehurst.
Author Thomas Farner writes in his preface, “Trapped between New York and Philadelphia, the state’s place in history has always been underrated ... As James Madison once lamented, ‘Poor New Jersey, she is like a keg tapped at both ends.’”
Pages: 235
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Dimensions: 9.25” x 7.25” x 1"
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"Farner has a strong sense of the ironic, which makes his work more fun than most history texts.... Who needs fiction, when history is this exciting?"
— The Beachcomber, Long Beach Island
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“Along comes author Thomas P. Farner to remind us that the state’s past is as colorful and controversial as its present.”
— Summit Herald / Independent Press, New Providence
“The stories cover a broad range, from the bizarre... to heroic.”
— Asbury Park Press
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Little-Known Facts from New Jersey in History: Fighting to be Heard
• The colony’s first Royal Governor, a cousin of Queen Anne, would often dress in ladies’ gowns and lurk behind trees, ready to pounce on passing men and pull their ears. Its last Royal Governor, the son of Benjamin Franklin, remained loyal to the Crown — and, in so doing, ended his relationship with his father.
• Far from Boston, Revolutionary residents of South Jersey had their own tea party in Greenwich, one of the region’s major shipping ports.
• Contrary to most reports, the last skirmish of the American Revolution did not take place in West Virginia or South Carolina, but in Barnegat Township.
• A New Jerseyan could have voted against slavery and prevented the Civil War.
• Perth Amboy was once the center of a thriving slave trade — until one man from Burlington County decided to end “the dark gloominess hanging over the land.”
• A New Jerseyan, William Paterson, invented the U.S. Senate — and saved the United States in the process.
• The ideas of two Ocean County men, Joseph Francis and William Newell, formed the foundation for the United States Coast Guard.
