Cape May County, New Jersey: The Making of an American Resort Community

by Jeffery M. Dorwart

Book Overview

Cape May County, at the southern tip of New Jersey, is one of America's most vibrant seashore resorts. Jeffery Dorwart has written a history of this community from its earliest settlement as an Atlantic maritime and farming frontier to its development today as a major regional tourist attraction. From earliest times, Cape May County was a region of cultural ferment, as American Indians, African-American slaves, European Quakers, Baptists, and Presbyterians...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813517842
• ISBN13: 9780813517841
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

"Cape May" - the world's finest Seashore Town!

This Book tells a lot and shows a lot about my favoriate part of the Atlantic coast. Anyone who wants to know more about all that the southern coast of NJ has to offer should read thid fine book.There is no other place more beautiful in this world then traveling from Stone Harbor thru The Wildwoods and into Cape May. I have been visiting this part of the Country for over 40 years now and this fine book (if possible try to get it in hard back - but it may not come that way)can take you all over the Cape. I'm from Maryland and we have our own Ocean City but it can't hold a match to what a town like Wildwood has to offer. Get the book and visit a real vacation part of the Country that isn't only about booze,B-girls,bars,hippies,queers and Arabs! "ENJOY" Joe Kopeck

Excellent history of the Jersey Cape!

This book provides a comprehensive background of Cape May County, New Jersey. It explains the development of the barrier islands, the Delaware Bay coast, and the inland areas of the county. It will enhance your Cape May experience as a vacationer or resident. Here at CapeMayBeach.com, we use this history to help us in our write-ups of the places on the Delaware Bay coast.