{"product_id":"9781609495565","title":"North Jersey Legacies: Hidden History from the Gateway to the Skylands","description":"\u003cbr\u003eDid you know that the Dust Bowl hit New Jersey? Twice? How about that a mysterious experiment in subliminal advertising\" was conducted at a Fort Lee, New Jersey movie theater? Or that railroad communication was advanced on a northwest New Jersey railroad line? Or that America first heard about the Russians launch of Sputnik 2 (with a dog onboard) thanks to a Ukrainian refugee in Perth Amboy, New Jersey? Or that prisons could buy a custom electric chair from a Trenton, New Jersey electrician? Or that aviation matured into an industry thanks to Newark Airport? This book is a collection of articles from www.GardenStateLegacy.com, an online quarterly magazine devoted to New Jersey history that the author began in 2008. The Garden State features to some degree even as a footnote in larger historical stories far more often than one might think. It could just be a matter of someone from the state going on to something of historic importance somewhere else; or that by dumb luck something just happened to occur within its borders. New Jersey may be a footnote in these tangential tales, but they are the kind of unexpected connections that makes exploring New Jersey's history so delightful.\"","brand":"History Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47054813528304,"sku":"9781609495565","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781609495565_p0.jpg?v=1763838613","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781609495565","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}