Shore Chronicles, this remarkable collection of fifty travelers' accounts from 1764 to 1955, begins with adventurous journeys by stagecoach - when the coast was still a wild frontier - and concludes with the opening of the Garden State Parkway. In the two centuries between, the pleasures and sights of the Shore are described by such well-known writers as John J. Audubon, Walt Whitman, Robert Louis Stevenson, Stephen Crane and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. But we also read fascinating stories from the private letters, journals, and diaries of others visiting the Shore - ordinary people with extraordinary impressions of this much-loved coast. Shore Chronicles reveals an exceptional 127-mile-long coastline that has seen much change, yet holds an appeal as powerful as ever. "Buchholz, coauthor of Great Storms of the Jersey Shore, has collected reflections on the New Jersey shoreline from diaries, letters, and magazine and newspaper articles. The 50 entries span 1764 through 1955, the year the Garden State Parkway opened. While the coastline has changed both geographically and demographically, the lure of the shore has not. The chroniclers include the famous (e.g., Stephen Crane, Robert Louis Stevenson, and John James Audubon), unknown wide-eyed vacationers, and writers on assignment from newspapers. It is particularly interesting to read different accounts of the same place, such as Walt Whitman's and Arthur Conan Doyle's descriptions of Atlantic City. Throughout, the entries remain as fresh as a sea breeze. This book is a fine chronicle of the development and discovery of the pleasures of the shore. A wonderful resource for regional collections; recommended for both public and academic libraries." -- Thomas O'Connell, Murray State Univ. Lib., KY Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Library Journal "Dozens of fascinating accounts.... Glimpses of 'everyday life,' as manners and mores evolve over the decades, make Shore Chronicles a real eye-opener." --Booklist "Things have changed enormously along the Jersey Shore…. Charting the vastness of change over two and a half centuries is the signal achievement of Shore Chronicles…. Resonates with the minute details of our shared past…." --The Star-Ledger Shore Chronicles, this remarkable collection of fifty travelers' accounts from 1764 to 1955, begins with adventurous journeys by stagecoach - when the coast was still a wild frontier - and concludes with the opening of the Garden State Parkway. In the two centuries between, the pleasures and sights of the Shore are described by such well-known writers as John J. Audubon, Walt Whitman, Robert Louis Stevenson, Stephen Crane and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. But we also read fascinating stories from the private letters, journals, and diaries of others visiting the Shore - ordinary people with extraordinary impressions of this much-loved coast. Shore Chronicles reveals an exceptional 127-mile-long coastline that has seen much change, yet holds an appeal as powerful as ever. Margaret Thomas Buchholz is author of New Jersey Shipwrecks: 350 Years in the Graveyard of the Atlantic, editor of Island Album, and co-author with Larry Savadove of Great Storms of the Jersey Shore, which The New York Times called "one of the best documented compendiums ever published of what it meant to be there." Born in Manhattan, she was brought by her parents to Long Beach Island, New Jersey, just in time to be evacuated by the Coast Guard during a northeaster. After college, she purchased The Beachcomber, a Jersey Shore weekly newspaper, and has published it seasonally for nearly four decades. Her year-round home is again in Harvey Cedars, New Jersey, on Barnegat Bay, where her family has been coming since 1833. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Used Book in Good Condition