The Governors of New Jersey: Biographical Essays (Rivergate Regionals)

Rogues aristocrats and a future U.S. president. These and other governors are portrayed in this revised and updated edition of the classic reference work on the chief executives of New Jersey. Editors Michael J. Birkner Donald Linky and Peter Mickulas present new essays on the governors of the last three decadesBrendan T. Byrne Thomas Kean James Florio Christine Todd Whitman Donald DiFrancesco James McGreevey Richard Codey and Jon Corzine. The essays included in the original edition are amended edited and corrected as necessary in light of new and relevant scholarship. The authors of each governors life story represent a roster of such notable scholars as Larry Gerlach Stanley Katz Arthur Link and Clement Price as well as many other experts on New Jersey history and politics. As a result this revised edition is a thorough and current reference work on the New Jersey governorshipone of the strongest in the nation. Also of Interest: New Jersey Politics and Government The Suburbs Come of Age Fourth Edition Barbara G. Salmore with Stephen A. Salmore 978-0-8135-6139-4 paper $34.95 A volume in the Rivergate Regionals Collection Me Governor? My Life in the Rough-and-Tumble World of New Jersey Politics Richard J. Codey 978-0-8135-5045-9 cloth $24.95 The Life and Times of Richard J. Hughes The Politics of Civility John B. Wefing 978-0-8135-4641-4 cloth $32.50 Governor Tom Kean From the New Jersey Statehouse to the 911 Commission Alvin S. Felzenberg 978-0-8135-3799-3 cloth $29.95