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\"Cover<\/a>
\nAdelberg, Michael S.<\/strong>
\nThe American Revolution in Monmouth County: The Theatre of Spoil and Destruction<\/strong><\/em>
\nCharleston, SC
\nThe History Press 2010
\nRevolutionary War Scholar Michael S. Adelberg brings to life the struggles within Monmouth Couny, a place New Jersey governor William Livingston called the “theatre of spoil and destruction.” 157 pages. Paperback.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Ammundsen, Anne<\/strong>
\nThe Charles Asgill Affair: Setting the record Straight<\/strong><\/em>
\nBerwyn Heights, MD
\nHeritage Books, Inc. 2023
\nComprehensive treatment of The Asgill Affair illuminating the background and results. 298 pages. Paperback.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Beck, Henry Calton<\/strong>
\nMore Forgotten Townshop of Southern New Jersey<\/strong><\/em>
\nNew Brunswick, NJ
\nRutgers University Press 1963
\nContains a chapter on Cedar Bridge Tavern. 338 pages. Paperback.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Bill, Alfred Hoyt<\/strong>
\nNew Jersey in the Revolutionary War<\/strong><\/em>
\nNew Brunswick, NJ
\nRutgers University Press 1964
\n117 pages. Paperback.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Blackhawk, Ned<\/strong>
\nThe Rediscover of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of US History<\/strong><\/em>
\nNew Haven, CT
\nYale University Press 2023
\nWestern Shoshone historian Ned Blackhawk pursues a narrative of Indigenous People at the center of United States history. Blackhawk asks how the history of “the world’s most exemplary democracy” can be rooted in the dispossession of Indigenous People? And, how have historians ignored the centrality of Indigenous People in US history? In order to tell a new history of the United States, Blackhawk rejects narratives of discovery and emphasizes a long history of Native-newcomer encounters in North America as well as Indigenous agency
\nand mobility.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Blackman, Leah<\/strong>
\nLeah Blackman’s Old Times and Other Writings<\/strong><\/em>
\nedit Steve Dodson
\nTuckerton Historical Society 2000
\nA thoughtful collection of oral history and pain staking research, this book provides an impressive vision into the 18th and 19th centuries of Little Egg Harbor. A collection of published and unpublished works written in the mid-19th century.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Boyer, Charles S.<\/strong>
\nOld Inns and Taverns in West Jersey<\/strong><\/em>
\nComprehensive exploration of the taverns of West Jersey. Pages. Hardbound.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Cobb, Robert<\/strong>
\nPrivateers and Pine Robbers: Coastal New Jersey During the American Revolution<\/strong><\/em>
\nMiddletown, DE 2024
\nThoroughly researched history including a collection of of original documents and observations from the history of Coastal New Jersey during the American Revolution. 461 pages.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Desmarais, Norman<\/strong>
\nThe Guide to the American Revolutionary War in NJ: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes<\/strong><\/em>
\nIthica, NY
\nBusca Books 2011
\n264 pages. Paperback.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Di Ionno, Mark<\/strong>
\nA Guide to New Jersey’s Revolutionary War Trail for Families and History Buffs<\/strong><\/em>
\nNew Brunswick, NJ
\nRutgers University Press 2000
\n224 pages. Paperback<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Dolin, Eric Jay<\/strong>
\nRebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution<\/strong><\/em>
\nNew York, NY
\nLiveright Publishing 2022
\nJay Dolin corrects the significant omissions of privateers in the founding of the US Navy.
\n302 pages<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Farner, Thomas P.<\/strong>
\nNew Jersey in History: Fighting to be Heard<\/strong><\/em>
\nHarvey Cedars, NJ
\nDown the Shore Publishing 1996
\nHere is New Jersey’s surprising and often tumultuous history. Book includes articles on Cedar Bridge, Barnegat Light Massacre and John Bacon from a contemporary journalist perspective. Book has been credited as starting the process that saved and restored Cedar Bridge Tavern.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>
\nFowler, David J.<\/strong>
\nEgregious Villains, Wood Ranges, and London Traders: The Pine Robber Phenomenon in New Jersey<\/strong><\/em>
\nNew Brunswick
\nNJ Doctoral Thesis, Rutgers University 1987
\nThis dissertation describes and analyzes the proliferation of civil violence and guerilla warfare during the Revolutionary war in the New Jersey Pine Barrens and contiguous coastal area In the colonial period the sub region was a political , economic, and cultural marginal wilderness that nonetheless was not characterized by criminality of violence. Upon the outbreak of war, however, the forest was employed for one of the ancient uses of such “waste” places when it became the refuge and a base of operations for the Loyalist irregulars and others of more questionable motivations.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Frazza, Al<\/strong>
\nState of Revolution: My Seven-and-a-Half-Year Journey Through<\/strong><\/em>
\nRevolutionary War New Jersey
\n258 Publishing 2021 187 pages. Paperback.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Gabriele, Michael C.<\/strong>
\nColonial Taverns of New Jersey: Libations, Liberty & Revolution<\/strong><\/em>
\nCharleston, SC
\nHistory Press 2023
\nTimely and thorough exploration of the topic. 201 Pages.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Gabrrielan, Randall<\/strong>
\nMonmouth County: Revolutionary War Sites<\/strong><\/em>
\nCharleston, SC
\nHistory Press 2025
\n155 pages. Paperback<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Geffken, Rick<\/strong>
\nNew Jersey’s Revolution Rivalry<\/strong><\/em>
\nCharleston, SC
\nThe History Press 2025
\nThe ongoing conflict of Revolutionary Monmouth County demonstrates the vital role of Enslavement was to this bitter civil war conflict. The British practice of encouraging enslaved peoples to escape and fight the local patriots proved to be effective. 297 pages.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Glickson, Don<\/strong>
\nAfter Yorktown: The Final Struggle For American Independence<\/strong><\/em>
\nYardley Westholme 2015
\n432 pages. Paperback.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Hand, JP.,<\/strong>
\nStites, Daniel P.<\/strong>
\nThe Cape May Navy: Delaware Bays Privateers in the American Revolution<\/strong><\/em>
\nCharleston, SC
\nThe History Press 2018
\nThe Delaware Bay during the Revolutionary War was a vital trade and home to a host of armed conflicts between British vessels and American Privateers. Cape May captains in their light, fast vessels captured dozens of British merchant ships off the Atlantic coast. The authors chart the exciting history of the Cape May Navy in the War of Independence.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Kemp, Franklin W. <\/strong>
\nA Nest of Rebel Pirates<\/strong><\/em>
\nEgg Harbor City, NJ
\nThe Laurelton Press 1966
\nThe authentic first attempt at documenting the Defense of Little Egg Harbor and attack on Chestnut Neck. 208 pages.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Kidder, Larry<\/strong>
\nMeet Your Revolutionary Neighbors<\/strong><\/em>
\nNew Brunswick, NJ
\nAlphaGraphics 2015
\n100 pages. Paperback.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Konstam, Angus<\/strong>
\nAmerican Privateers of the Revolutionary War<\/strong><\/em>
\nOxford, UK
\nOsprey Publishing 2020
\n48 pages. Paperback.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Kurlansky, Mark<\/strong>
\nSalt: A World History 2002<\/strong><\/em>
\nThis book is a fascinating history of the central nature of salt to word economic and political history. The book clearly illustrates how the monopoly of salt was central to the British
\nEmpire’s Mercantile system. The patriots were forced to open their own salt works to replace this vital source of military and economic supplies. The author illustrates that Mahatma Gandhi’s famous walk across India was over a very similar issue over salt from the ocean.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Lurie, Maxine N.<\/strong>
\nTaking Sides: Revolutionary New Jersey<\/strong><\/em>
\nNew Brunswick, NJ
\nRutgers University Press 2022
\n239 pages. Paperback.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Miller, Pauline S.<\/strong>
\nOcean County: Four Centuries in the Making<\/strong><\/em>
\nLawrenceville, NJ
\nAlma Offset Company, inc. 2000
\nThe 981 page book on the history of Ocean County collected by the Ocean County’s first official historian for the 150th anniversary of Ocean County.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Moonsammy, Rita,<\/strong>
\nCohen, David Steven,<\/strong>
\nWilliams, Lorraine E.<\/strong>
\nPinelands Folklore<\/strong><\/em>
\nNew Brunswick, NJ
\nRutgers University Press 1987
\nFundamental Resource for Pinelands cultural study. Funded by the NJSCA, the NJHC and the NJ State Museum in the Department of State. Cosponsored by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. This book contains the reference to the hamlet of Candlewood, near Cedar Bridge that says that al roads in the Pinelands lead to Candlewood. 234 pages. Paperback.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>National Society of the DAR<\/strong>
\nForgotten Patriots \u2013 African American and American Indian <\/strong>Patriots in the Revolutionary War: A Guide to Service, Sources, and Studies<\/strong><\/em>
\nWashington, DC 2008
\nAn exhaustive investigation of African Americans and Native Americans in the American Revolutionary War. 854 Pages.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Ocean County Principals Council<\/strong>
\nThe Tides of Time in Ocean County<\/strong><\/em>
\nOcean County Principals Council 1940
\nThis classic volume tells the entire story of Ocean County History from the perspective of the individual schools. The historic story predates the Garden State Parkway and modern times. Most direct assertion that the Joshua Huddy incident relayed peace negations and led to the Mississippi as the US western border. 192 Pages.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Salter, Edwin A<\/strong>
\nHistory of Monmouth and Ocean County<\/strong><\/em>
\nBayonne, NJ
\nE. Gardner & Sons Publishers 1890
\nOne of the standard historical and genealogical works on Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Contains such items as a list of officers and soldiers from old Monmouth who served in the Revolutionary War. Actually a collection of his 19th century newspaper articles published after his death by his wife. He includes many oral histories of the American Revolution in what is now Ocean County.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Shomette, David Grady<\/strong>
\nPrivateers of the Revolution: War on the New Jersey Coast 1775-1783<\/strong><\/em>
\nAtglen, PA
\nSchiffer Publishing, Ltd. 2016
\nA revelatory narrative of 538 Pennsylvania and New Jersey Privateers. 447 pages.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Soderlund, Jean R.<\/strong>
\nSeparate Paths: Lenapes and Colonists in West Jersey<\/strong><\/em>
\nNew Brunswick, NJ
\nRutgers University Press 2022
\nScholarly treatment of the relationship between the Lenape and the Colonists. 187 pages.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Solem-Stull, Barbara<\/strong>
\nThe Forks: A Brief History of the Area<\/strong><\/em>
\nMedford, NJ
\nPlexas Publishing 2002
\n37 pages. Paperback.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Uhland, Joseph C.<\/strong>
\nRevolution in South Jersey<\/strong><\/em>
\nCamden, NJ
\nCamden County Historical Society.
\n2001 205 Pages. Paperback.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Ward, Harry M.<\/strong>
\nBetween the Lines: Badatti of the American Revolution<\/strong><\/em>
\nWesport, Conn.
\nPreager Publishing 2002 Places the Pine Robbers in the context of irregular activity in the other colonies. 329 Pages.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Ward, Geoffrey C.<\/strong>
\nBurns, Ken<\/strong>
\nThe American Revolution: An Intimate History<\/strong><\/em>
\nNew York, NY
\nAlfred A. Knopf 2025
\nThe Companion Guide to the PBS series. 581 pages.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Weiss, Harry B.,<\/strong>
\nWeiss, Grace M.<\/strong>
\nThe Revolutionary Saltworks of the New Jersey Coast<\/strong><\/em>
\nMonograph 1959
\nThis 1959 monograph is the most comprehensive investigation of the vital salt works along
\nthe New Jersey coast during the American Revolution including discussion of the actual
\nprocess of making the salt from bay or ocean water.<\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>Wilbur, C. Keith, MD<\/strong>
\nPirates & Patriots of the Revolution<\/strong><\/em>
\nGilford, Conn
\nThe Globe Pequot Press 1973
\n96 pages. Paperback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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