Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction ix
4. 1. How We Got to Where We Are 1
5. 2. When Prehistoric Elephants Roamed New Jersey 15
6. 3. New Jersey Was Paradise 18
7. 4. Move Over, Betsy Ross 22
8. 5. Good Golly, Miss Molly 27
9. 6. The Caldwell Murder Case 38
10. 7. “The Cow Chace” 42
11. 8. Classical Gas 46
12. 9. The Congressman’s Cold 49
13. 10. The First Flight 54
14. 11. John Adams’s Ass 58
15. 12. Man Eats Tomato and Lives! 62
16. 13. Explosion on the USS Princeton 66
17. 14. Two New Jersey Soldiers in Confederate Prisons 70
18. 15. General Grant Skips the Theater 78
19. 16. The Jersey General and the Secret of Custer’s Last Stand 81
20. 17. Poor Mary Smith 90
21. 18. Mrs. Stanton Steps Out in Tenafly 93
22. 19. It’s About Time 97
23. 20. Leprosy in the Laundry 100
24. 21. Stephen Crane Gets into Trouble 105
25. 22. The Ghostly Sphynx of Metedeconk 108
26. 23. Annie Oakley Lived in Nutley, New Jersey 112
27. 24. Scandal at the Girls’ Reform School 116
28. 25. Alice Goes for a Drive 120
29. 26. Billy Sunday Came to Trenton on Monday 124
30. 27. Ezra Pound Insults Newark 127
31. 28. Cher Ami 131
32. 29. The Poet, the Athlete, and the War to End All Wars 135
33. 30. The Applejack Campaign 139
34. 31. Swan Song for Shoeless Joe 143
35. 32. The Tragic Fall of the Mexican Lindbergh 146
36. 33. On the Boardwalk with Al Capone 149
37. 34. The Morro Castle Mystery 153
38. 35. The Rise and Fall of a Great Detective 156
39. 36. Mommy Was a Commie 159
40. 37. The Martian Invasion 162
41. 38. When New Jersey Was a Nazi Target 168
42. 39. Teleporting Penguin Lands in New Jersey 171
43. 40. The Serpent in the Garden State 175
44. Postscript: How to Write an Encyclopedia of New Jersey in Nine Easy Years 190
45. Suggestions for Further Reading 197
46. Index 205
47. About the author 211