BCLS-Pinelands Reading List

The following list of books and magazines may be useful to anyone researching the Pinelands. They may also be used to supplement students' Pinelands learning experience. Many of the books are available at the Burlington County Library or at the Bookstore and Gift Shop located in the restored iron-making village of Batsto on Route 542 in Burlington County. Most of them may also be purchased at or ordered through your local bookstore.

A Journey through Atsion. Batsto, N.J.: Batsto Citizens Committee, 1982. (36 pages )

Bailey, Shirley, ed. South Jersey Magazine. Millville, N.J.: South Jersey Publishing Company. (quarterly publication)

Bateman, Robert. Pinelands: a Novel. Medford, NJ: Plexus Publishing, 1994. (248 pages)

Bateman, Robert. Whitman's Tomb: Stories From the Pines. Medford, NJ: Plexus Publishing, 1997. (215 pages)

Beck, Henry Carlton. Forgotten Towns of Southern New Jersey. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1983. (280 pages)

Beck, Henry Carlton. Jersey Genesis -- The Story of the Mullica River. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1983. (319 pages)

Beck, Henry Carlton. More Forgotten Towns of Southern New Jersey. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1963. (338 pages)

Berger, Jonathon and Sinton, John W. Water, Earth, and Fire - Land Use and Environmental Planning in the New Jersey Barrens. Johns Hopkins Press, 1985. (202 pages)

Bill, Alfred Hoyt. New Jersey and the American Revolution. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1964. (117 pages)

Boyd, Howard. A Field Guide to the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Medford, N.J.: Plexus Publishing, Inc., 1991 (423 pages)

Brown, Edward. Just Around the Corner in New Jersey. Wilmington, Delaware: The Middle Atlantic Press, Inc., 1984. (112 pages; grades 6 - 12)

Cohen, David. The Folklore & Folklife of New Jersey. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1983 (253 pages)

Dann, Kevin & Miller, Gordon. 30 Walks in New Jersey. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1982 (243 pages)

Ewing, Sarah W.R. Atsion -- A Town of Four Faces. Batsto, N.J.: The Batsto Citizens Committee, 1979. (38 pages)

Harrington, M.R. The Indians of New Jersey: Dickon Among the Lenapes. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1966. (352 pages)

Homer, Larona. Blackbeard the Pirate and Other Stories of the Pine Barrens. Wilmington, Delaware: The Middle Atlantic Press, Inc., 1985. (96 pages)

Homer, Larona. The Shore Ghosts and Other Stories of New Jersey. Wilmington, Delaware: The Middle Atlantic Press, Inc., 1981. (153 pages)

Kanze, Edward. Wildlife. New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, 1995. (212 pages)

Kraft, Herbert C. The Indians of Lenapehoking - a Book and Unit about the Lenape or Delaware Indians. South Orange, New Jersey: Seton Hall University Museum, 1985. (For further information please call 201-761-9543. )

Kross, Peter. New Jersey History. Wilmington, DE: Middle Atlantic Press, 1987. (121 pages)

Kyvig, David E. & Marty, Myron A. Nearby History Exploring The Past Around You. Nashville, TN: American Association for State and Local History, 1982. (300 pages)

Lewis, Paul M. Beauty of New Jersey. Portland, OR: LTA Publishing Co., 1991. (78 pages)

McCloy, James F. and Ray Miller, Jr. The Jersey Devil. Wilmington, Delaware: The Middle Atlantic Press, Inc. 1976. (121 pages)

McMahon, William. Pine Barrens Legends, Lore and Lies. Wilmington, Delaware: The Middle Atlantic Press, Inc., 1980. (149 pages, grades 6 - adult)

McMahon, William. South Jersey Towns - History and Legend. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1973. (382 pages)

McPhee, John. The Pine Barrens. New York: Ballantine Books, 1968. (172 pages)

Magee, Dennis W. Freshwater Wetlands. The University of Massachusetts Press, 1981. (245 pages)

Martin, Laura C. The Folklore of Birds. Old Saybrook, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, 1993. (231 pages)

Martin, Laura C. Wildlife Folklore. Old Saybrook, CT. The Globe Pequot Press, 1994. (182 pages)

Moonsammy, Cohen & Williams. Pinelands Folklife. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1987. (233 pages)

Parnes, Robert. Canoeing The Jersey Pine Barrens - 4th Edition. Old Saybrook, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, 1994. (243 pages).

Perrone, Steven, ed. New Jersey Outdoors. Trenton, N.J.: N.J. Department of Environmental Protection and Energy. (bi-monthly publication)

Pierce, Arthur D. Iron in the Pines -- The Story of New Jersey's Ghost Towns and Bog Iron. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1957. (215 pages)

Pierce, Arthur D. Smuggler's Woods--Jaunts and Journeys in Colonial and Revolutionary New Jersey. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1984. (322 pages)

Santelli, Robert. Short Bike Rides in New Jersey, 3rd Edition. ld Saybrook, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, 1988. (176 pages)

Stockham, Peter. Early American Crafts & Trades. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1976. (140 pages)

Thomas, Lester S. The Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Trenton, N.J.: Department of Environmental Protection and Energy -- Division of Parks and Forestry, 1984. (24 pages)

Tiner, Jr., Ralph W. Coastal Wetland Plants of the Northeastern United States. The University of Massachusetts Press, 1987. (285 pages)

Wilbur, MD., C. Keith. Pirates & Patriots of the Revolution. Old Saybrook, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, 1969. (96 pages)

Wilbur, MD., C. Keith. Revolutionary Medicine 1700 - 1800. Old Saybrook, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, 1969. (86 pages)

Wilbur, MD., C. Keith. The Revolutionary Soldier 1775 - 1783. Old Saybrook, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, 1969. (96 pages)

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