| A History of Oakland: The Story of Our Village Contributor(s): Heffernan, Kevin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1596293349 ISBN-13: 9781596293342 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) |
| Dewey: 974.921 |
| LCCN: 2007036768 |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 6.8" W x 9.74" (0.73 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Bergen-Passaic, N.J. - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tucked away in the northwestern corner of Bergen County, Oakland was for years a peacefully undiscovered outpost. Yet as Kevin Heffernan chronicles in A History of Oakland, the town s placid, easygoing character belies a fascinating and deeply engrossing history. From the interactions between the earliest Dutch settlers and the area s Lenape Indians, to the surprising pro-slavery attitudes of mid-nineteenth-century northern New Jersey, to the radical and, to some, wrenching changes wrought by late twentieth-century commercial development, Heffernan provides a definitive account of the life and times of this once-sleepy town." |