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The Meadowlands: Wilderness Adventures on the Edge of a City
The Meadowlands Wilderness Adventures on the Edge of a City
Author: Robert Sullivan
Imagine a grunge nort Jersey version of John McPhee's classic The Pine Barrens and you'll get some idea of the idiosyncratic, fact-filled, and highly original work that is Robert Sullivan's The Meadowlands.  Just five miles west of New York City, this vilified, half-developed, half-untamed, much dumped-on, and sometimes o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385495080
ISBN-10: 0385495080
Publication Date: 7/20/1999
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Anchor
Book Type: Paperback
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This book was a very surprising book to me. Very informative about many aspects of New Jersey's most industrious and, in many cases, polluted places. The swamps discussed are mentioned in a way that gives vivid ideal to the abuse and renewal most places have received. For that matter, the author has a clear passion for his subject and translates it very well. I recommend this to anyone curious about the places never to be remembered but always to be important.
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"Adventure" travel in the shadow of the Empire State Building!


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