Expanded, with an artistic color cover, improved reproductions and newly discovered historic photos, this 30th Anniversary Edition is a fitting tribute to the legacy of John Bailey Lloyd.
 In its pages you will travel back to Edwardian Beach Haven, discover the origins of Barnegat Lighthouse, and know the fortitude of the men of the U.S. Lifesaving Service. You'll experience nature's fury -- the hurricane of '44 and the March northeaster of '62 -- and learn how the Island's shifting southern end has changed -- with a ''new inlet,'' ''old inlet,'' and a disappeared Tucker's Island.
 You'll know how and where bootleggers smuggled alcohol ashore during Prohibition, and delight in the Island's favorite watering holes ''When Beer Was Ten Cents A Glass.'' You'll learn about an eccentric Barnegat Light resident and the U.S. Supreme Court.
 ''In the Days of the Dune Hoppers,'' during World War II, a largely forgotten period on the Island, hotels boarded soldiers, the military patrolled beaches on horseback, and oceanside blackouts were mandatory. ''Ducks, Guns, and Money on Old Barnegat Bay'' explores the era of adventurous aristocratic men drawn to this shore.
 You'll learn about town names (Beach Arlington, Long Beach City, Peahala, ''Harvey Cedars or Harvest Cedars?''), summers of baseball and the famous Roger ''Doc'' Cramer. The Lucy Evelyn, a schooner that was as much an attraction as Barnegat Lighthouse, is fondly remembered.
 In this loving history: Travel the first automobile highways to the Shore or take the train to one of the grand old hotels. You'll even learn the origin of that enduring phrase, ''Six Miles At Sea.''
 The late John Bailey Lloyd's lyrical and pioneering writing about Long Beach Island has been the inspiration for many books about Jersey Shore history. Here is the source -- providing a true sense of place. His three elegant companion books explore much of the history of the Shore with a focus on LBI. The Island of today is strikingly different from that of a century ago but here are images of an innocent and wilder past that cement our present-day bond with this place.
 Modern-day Shore lovers will find their long-ago counterparts here. These books give us an opportunity to rediscover a unique place at the sea's edge -- a beautiful, sometimes dangerous, more personal LBI and the people who came to know and love it.

Six Miles At Sea: A Pictorial History of Long Beach Island, New Jersey

History

John Bailey Lloyd

Americas

Down The Shore Publishing

The first of three elegant companion books about Long Beach Island by John Bailey Lloyd, ''this loving history'' (as the first edition was described by The Record of Hackensack) brings the shore's past to life. Filled with historic photographs, old engravings, maps and illustrations carefully reproduced and printed, this hardcover captures a sense of the Jersey Shore that residents and visitors long for today. 
Readers will rediscover the lost resort of Sea Haven and Tucker's Island in this book, they will ride the Tuckerton and Long Beach railroads to the new resort of Beach Haven, stay in its delightful and airy seashore hotels, and stroll its elegant boardwalk. They will experience the fear of the legendary 1916 shark attacks, visit the early gunning and yacht clubs, and watch pound fishermen haul in boats brimming with fish caught just off the beach. John Bailey Lloyd's wonderful writing style, combined with extraordinary old images, will fill readers with a true sense of place.

Eighteen Miles of History on Long Beach Island

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

In this fact-based adventure, Takashi, a young Japanese boy is shanghaied aboard the Sindia, a sailing ship bound for New York in 1901. As the Sindia heads for Cape Horn, Takashi's love of sailing overcomes his homesickness and the hardships of a long journey... but nothing could prepare him for the climactic conclusion of his voyage along the Atlantic coast. This is a fictional adventure story based on an actual shipwreck that occurred off the New Jersey Shore. 
 Illustrated, with nautical glossary, and a historical account with photographs of the actual shipwreck.

Takashi's Voyage: The Wreck of the Sindia

Children's Books

Lucinda Hathaway

Action & Adventure

Tales From An Endless Summer: A Novel of the Beach (A Cormorant Book)

This slice-of-Shore-life novel combines the soul-searching of early adulthood, the ecstasy of surfing, and the barefoot quality of a summer by the sea. Set at a quintessential Jersey Shore beach in the 1980s, surfers, would-be artists, poets, and musicians revolve around each other in a world of waves and extraordinary sunsets, parties, strange dreams, love and longing, and the eternal quest for the meaning of life after Labor Day.\nAs one reviewer wrote: ''Novotny has captured the essence of the summer shore and everything which makes it so wondrous, especially the mystical effect the place can have on people if they allow it.... Tales is far above a mere mindless screed to the joys of waveriding. It’s an analog of the transience of youth, the realization of which, when it inevitably comes, is so wrenching.'' (Central Record, Medford, NJ) And the Quality Paperback Book Club noted: ''East coast surfing gets its due.''

Comics & Graphic Novels

Novotny, Bruce

Graphic Novels

This slice-of-Shore-life novel combines the soul-searching of early adulthood, the ecstasy of surfing, and the barefoot quality of a summer by the sea. Set at a quintessential Jersey Shore beach in the 1980s, surfers, would-be artists, poets, and musicians revolve around each other in a world of waves and extraordinary sunsets, parties, strange dreams, love and longing, and the eternal quest for the meaning of life after Labor Day.

A selection of 22 fascinating images of Long Beach Island's past provide a look at the history of this beloved New Jersey Shore resort through a romantic viewfinder. The delightful images -- from historian John Bailey Lloyd's books about the island -- include the beach, bay, fishing, summer pleasures, the Beach Haven boardwalk, landmarks, and important and quirky historical events unique to this New Jersey Shore island. This quality, pocket sized (7'' x 5'') paperback book is perforated so that the heavy, coated-stock postcard pages can be removed and mailed.

Long Beach Island Historical Postcards

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

A selection of 22 fascinating color images of Ocean City's past provide a look at the history of ''America's Greatest Family Resort'' through a romantic viewfinder. The historic postcard images include the beach, bay, boardwalk, summer pleasures, the Music Pier, other landmarks, and important and quirky historical events unique to this New Jersey Shore resort. This quality, pocket sized (7'' x 5'') paperback book is perforated so that the heavy, coated-stock postcard pages can be removed and mailed.

Greetings from Ocean City (NJ): Historic Postcards from America's Greatest Family Resort

A selection of 22 beautiful color photographs of coastal birds found along the shore from New England to the Carolinas -- the great blue heron, cormorant, yellow-crowned night heron, kingfisher, egret, oystercatcher, and piping plover, to name a few. This quality, pocket sized (7'' x 5'') paperback is perforated so that the card-stock postcard pages can be removed and mailed.

Mid-Atlantic Shorebirds: A Book of Postcards

Under a Gull¹s Wing is the first contemporary collection of poems and photographs about the Jersey Shore. The anthology covers quintessential shore subjects such as boardwalks and beaches; love and loss; legends, lore and famous landmarks, and takes readers on an evocative trip from the tip of Sandy Hook to Victorian Cape May. The contributors include some of the nation¹s best known poets ‹ Walt Whitman, John Ciardi, Robert Pinsky, A. R. Ammons and Maxine Kumin, among others. 
Under A Gull¹s Wing presents all of the Shore: the natural beauty of Island Beach and the Forsythe Refuge, familiar and timeless beach towns, the decay of Asbury Park and Atlantic City. Quirky history such as Lucy the Margate Elephant and the High-Diving Horse of Atlantic City¹s old Steel Pier are also remembered. This beautiful hardcover also includes more than two dozen images by some of the state¹s best photographers.

Under a Gull's Wing: Poems and Photographs of the Jersey Shore

Literature & Fiction

Rich Youmans

Frank Finale

Poetry

When people think of New Jersey's lighthouses, most think of a famous few: Barnegat, Sandy Hook, Twin Lights, and Cape May. But from New York Harbor, down along the coast to Cape May and up the Delaware Bay, the total number of lightstations, past and present, is 49. Surprisingly, 26 New Jersey remain standing today. This comprehensive full-color hardcover guide includes all of the lighthouses and lightships that are part of the state's maritime history. This book provides historical information as well as stories of the keepers and notable achievements, and includes 40 color photographs. The book can be easily slipped into a large pocket or backpack, and directions and locations for visitors are provided. The guide also includes a lighthouse bibliography and color fold-out map of all past and present New Jersey lightstations.

Sentinels of the Shore: A Guide to the Lighthouses and Lightships of New Jersey

Travel

Bill Gately

Specialty Travel

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Six Miles At Sea: A Pictorial History of Long Beach Island, New Jersey

Eighteen Miles of History on Long Beach Island

Takashi's Voyage: The Wreck of the Sindia

Tales From An Endless Summer: A Novel of the Beach (A Cormorant Book)

Tales From An Endless Summer: A Novel of the Beach (A Cormorant Book)

Long Beach Island Historical Postcards

Greetings from Ocean City (NJ): Historic Postcards from America's Greatest Family Resort

Mid-Atlantic Shorebirds: A Book of Postcards

Under a Gull's Wing: Poems and Photographs of the Jersey Shore

Sentinels of the Shore: A Guide to the Lighthouses and Lightships of New Jersey