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Title: New Jersey Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff by Peter Genovese, Pete Genovese ISBN: 0-7627-2527-3 Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: March, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The perfect offbeat travel guide for NJ
Comment: A great read for fans of Weird NJ, regional history and the offbeat in general, Peter Genovese's book is both entertaining and informative. Unlike Weird NJ, you won't find much about ghost stories, UFO sightings and urban myths in "New Jersey Curiosities"; instead, the focus is on real, specific locations that have down-to-earth yet interesting histories.
One of the nice features of this book is that the curiosities are organized by region, so you can easily look up the oddities in your area. Genovese also includes specific directions to aid in sightseeing. One area of improvement would be to include more pictures, but other than that, it's a superb travel guide.
Rating: 5
Summary: a normal persons "weird NJ"
Comment: Being a fan of Weird NJ for several years, I recently decided to try out other books that chornicle the strange, unusual and the funny stuff that can be found within our borders. I found this to be a very decent, relatively comprehensive guide to those weird roadside items of the book's title.
The author, Peter Genovese, is a writer for the Star Ledger, and runs a regular series about good places to grab lunch at, and has also written several other NJ based books about such things as diners, the jersey shore, and a previous book on weird stuff in NJ. He clearly has qualifications to write such a book, and it's obvious he enjoys Weird NJ, as many of the items referenced can be found in Weird NJ.
In fact, this book is really a cross between Genovese Munchmobile column and the Weird NJ Roadside Guide. This book really is not comparable to the Weird NJ book recently published by the Marks, in that they are two different books. The Weird NJ book is all about stories and myths, and although you can go out and visit some of the things referenced in the book, it isn't meant as a travel guide. This book is, and it functions quite well. It features many things not found in the Weird NJ Guide and really does deserve a spot on any weird NJ fans book shelf.
Some people like his first roadside guide better, while others found that book totally useless/. I can't compare the two books but I can say that this book is thoroughly enjoyable and worth the money.
Pluses: interesting trivia and factoids about NJ
minuses: pictures are B&W
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful New Jersey Fact Filled Book
Comment: Great book to find awhole lot of stuff about New Jersey. Would highly reccomend it to any Jersey person. Great to remember the weird quirks of Nj.
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Title: New Jersey Off the Beaten Path, 6th: A Guide to Unique Places by Kay Scheller, Bill Scheller ISBN: 0762722312 Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: It Happened in New Jersey by Fran Capo ISBN: 0762723580 Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Backroads, New Jersey: Driving at the Speed of Life by Mark Di Ionno ISBN: 0813531330 Publisher: Rutgers University Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Weird N.J.: Your Travel Guide to New Jersey's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets by Mark Sceurman, Mark Moran ISBN: 076073979X Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books-Imports Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Jersey Shore Uncovered: A Revealing Season on the Beach by Peter Genovese ISBN: 0813533155 Publisher: Rutgers University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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