The Jersey Shore Uncovered: A Revealing Season on the Beach

About this book

This is not your typical Jersey Shore book. Yes youll find the obvious-beaches and boardwalks lifeguards and lighthouses fishing and food. But Peter Genovese will also take you off the beaten track for an insiders look at this famous (and infamous) 127-mile stretch from Sandy Hook to Cape May. Birders tiki hut builders beach cleaners wheel-of-chance operators she-crab soup makers-theyre all here. Youll check out an Airstream-only trailer park and visit a Point Pleasant Beach house where the music of Frank Sinatra plays nearly 24/7. Genovese will introduce you to the owner of the Stone Pony and to participants at the grueling Atlantic City Around-the-Island Swim as they describe their battles with tides exhaustion and face-stinging jellyfish. All of that plus youll find out why Ocean Grove residents write their names on their flowerpots. Beach reading just doesnt get any better than this. Spend a summer with Peter Genovese as he chronicles a typical wild and wacky kitschy and classy season along the New Jersey coastline. Lifeguards surfers beachgoers birders ice cream vendors seashell sellers banner pilots-theyre all here. Youll be on the scene when Atlantic Citys mayor officially begins summer by "unlocking the ocean " get a whiff of the state barbeque championship watch the nations longest-running all-women lifeguard competition and even spend a weekend Survivor-style on a Barnegat Bay island. The Ocean City Baby Parade Clownfest the states hottest bikini contest and the World Series of Surf Fishing are all covered. Youll also meet the folks at the Diamondback Terrapin Conservation Project the Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge and the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. Genovese introduces you to Little Miss Chaos and the King of Corn the Jersey Shore Hot Dog Queen and Lucky Leo. Youll go on patrol with the New Jersey State Marine Police meet the man behind Big Mikes E-Z Bail Bonds and find salvation at the Boardwalk Chapel. The Jersey Shore Uncovered flawlessly depicts the timeless allure of New Jersey beach culture. Along with his stories Genovese brings readers hundreds of color and black-and-white photos that brilliantly capture exactly what makes this 127-mile stretch of shoreline unique. Whether youve never been to a New Jersey beach or youre a Jersey native who spends your summers "down the Shore " youre certain to learn a thing or two from this book. So get settled in your beach chair put on some suntan lotion and enjoy.