First Resort: Fun, Sun, Fire and War in Cape May, America's Original Seaside Town

Author:   Ben Miller
Publisher:   Exit Zero Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN:  

9780979905162


Pages:   298
Publication Date:   04 September 2010
Format:   Hardback
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First Resort: Fun, Sun, Fire and War in Cape May, America's Original Seaside Town


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It began with an advertisement in a Philadelphia newspaper in 1801. Soon, city dwellers were descending on Cape May, at the tip of the Jersey Shore, and the American seaside vacation was born. Presidents stayed in Cape May, and famous industrialists from the north mixed with renowned plantation owners from the south. But the Civil War and an inferno that destroyed forty acres of majestic beachfront hotels sent Cape May lurching toward oblivion. During two world wars, the town hosted a huge garrison of soldiers and sailors, and the city was front-page news when a German U-boat surrendered off its coast in 1945. It took a bitter battle between the city and preservationists for Cape May to be reborn. Ben Miller tells the compelling story of how Cape May went from boom to bust and back again in this lavishly illustrated, meticulously researched book.

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Author:   Ben Miller
Publisher:   Exit Zero Publishing, Incorporated
Imprint:   Exit Zero Publishing, Incorporated
Dimensions:   Width: 28.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   1.814kg
ISBN:  

9780979905162


ISBN 10:   0979905168
Pages:   298
Publication Date:   04 September 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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