Local Color

Local ColorIn this enchanting look at Long Beach Islands past, historic black and white photographs, beautifully hand colored, are paired with fascinating historical descriptions, revealing quotes from Islanders, and rich passages about the Island's early days. And the colorful characters and lost landmarks of a vibrant Jersey Shore community come alive. Both a fine art coffee table book and a pictorial history, Local Color is like visiting a gallery exhibition.

and the famous and infamous who passed through

We’ve brought it back to remind you of summers past — and your favorite LBI towns

People stood in front of that store window

You'll hear his father

This scene of high drama comes as the resolution of a tightly constructed novel by a remarkable man

a developer discovers Mud City and the squatters must chose to leave or fight

The author was married to Emil "Willie" D'Amato

historic photos of the station itself and of the early researchers at work in the creeks and bay add texture to the historical narrative

You'll want to pull up a chair and join in as the Pinelands Cultural Society is born of Saturday night sing-a-longs

But in a few locales

It's full of what the tide was and when the sun shone

woven together with contemporary news and you-are-there reports