Meadowlands Wilderness Adventures at the Edge of a City

Name: Meadowlands Wilderness Adventures at the Edge of a City
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ISBN: 9780385495080

ISBN-10: 0385495080

ISBN-13: 9780385495080

Edition: N/A

Authors: Robert Sullivan

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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 odiferous tract of swampland is home to rare birds and missing bodies, tranquil marshes and a major sports arena, burning garbage dumps and corporate headquarters, the remains of the original Penn Station--and maybe, just ,maybe, of the late Jimmy Hoffa. Robert Sullivan proves himself to be this fragile yet amazingly resilient region's perfect expolorer, historian,…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/20/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.93" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.418
Language: English