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Discover the darker side of the Garden State with this anthology of gritty mystery stories.
Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each volume is compromised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct location within the geographical area of the book. In New Jersey Noir, a star-studded cast of authors sifts through the hidden dirt of the Garden State.
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"Slavery and Servitude in New Jersey...by Mr. Alfred M. Heston...contains copious notes concerning slaves and redemptioners...the result of original research." -NY Times, May 16, 1903
"Hon. Alfred M. Heston, Comptroller of Atlantic City, who is author of...'Slavery and Servitude in New Jersey'...stated...50,000 convicts deported...to the American Colonies...became slaves for the most part." -The Daily Standard (Red Bank, New Jersey), Nov. 8, 1902
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The shocking story of Nazi Germany's naval assault in American waters, told through the eyes of seafarers who experienced it off the Jersey Shore.
It is January 1942. Six weeks after the United States entered World War II, Imperial Japan is annihilating American forces across the Far East while the Nazis stand triumphant over much of Europe. Adolf Hitler's forces are about to commence an assault along the East Coast of the United States, but this...