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In July 1916, with the specter of American involvement in World War I on the horizon and New York City in the throes of a deadly polio epidemic, the tri-state population thronged the Jersey shore in search of a respite from the stifling midsummer heat.
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Grave, earnest, plot-driven and classical in form.
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- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Richard G. Fernicola
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 368
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, Lyons Press, The Globe Pequot Press
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781493023240
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