By Sharon Hazard
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, summers on the shore intended lengthy department, New Jersey, for seven presidents and innumerable different American celebrities. From rags-to-riches industrialists to Broadway infants, and from heirs and heiresses to world-famous poets and artists, this seashore city used to be the price tag to summertime relaxation and leisure. Sharon Hazard's stress-free background info the comings and goings of these who visited and people who lived in lengthy department, New Jersey, serving up the glamour of the leisurely existence along the day-by-day struggles of these who made such carefree excitement possible.
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