A History of Oakland: The Story of Our Village

by Kevin Heffernan

Tucked away in the northwestern corner of Bergen County, Oakland was for years a peacefully undiscovered outpost. Yet as Kevin Heffernan chronicles in A History of Oakland, the town's placid, easygoing character belies a fascinating and deeply engrossing history. From the interactions between the earliest Dutch settlers and the area's Lenape Indians, to the surprising pro-slavery attitudes of mid-nineteenth-century northern New Jersey, to the radical--and,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596293349
• ISBN13: 9781596293342
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.8" x 9.7"