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, to some, wrenching--changes wrought by late twentieth-century commercial development, Heffernan provides a definitive account of the life and times of this once-sleepy town.

• 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"