The Delaware Valley Rhythm Updates #2

The Delaware Valley Rhythm & Blues Society, Inc.
A non-profit organization dedicated to
Classic Rhythm & Blues Music * Local History * Community Service

BOOKS ABOUT CAMDEN, N.J.

One of the really nice things that has happened since I've started working on this website is that I've met a lot of people and made a lot of new friends. A lot of people have asked me where they can find books about Camden, and so far I've met five people who have written and published books about Camden during the last couple of years.

On this page you will find information about these books and links to where you can find out more about them, and hopefully buy them! Come to think of it, I've got a manuscript of my own I need to put together!

This site has been greatly helped by fellow researchers, who have given so much of their time... and in more than a few instances money... to further the work of this website. Take a moment, see what is available, and if you would pick up a book or two. They don't get stale and make great gifts!

Phil Cohen

phil552@comcast.net

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"The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common;
they don't alter their views to fit the facts… they alter the facts to fit their views."
~ Tom Baker, The Fourth Doctor; Dr. Who: The Face of Evil (1977) by Chris Boucher

A Book by Cheryl Baisden

CAMDEN

by Cheryl L. Baisden

Camden resurrects that fascinating era of invincibility through powerful images of Camden’s neighborhoods, community life, and bustling downtown district, as well as the newsmakers and lawbreakers who defined the “biggest little city in the world.” Also included are images of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge construction; Cooper Hospital; Campbell Soup Company, Victor Talking Machine Company/RCA, New York Shipbuilding, and other subjects of interest.

Published and sold by Arcadia Publishing
$19.99 & Postage & Handling
ISBN: 0738544647

To purchase an autographed copy from the author, e-mail Cheryl Baisden

A Book by Allen F. Hauss

SOUTH JERSEY MOVIE HOUSES

by Allen F. Hauss

South Jersey Movie Houses is a pictorial tour of the theaters that once raised their curtains to audiences across the South Jersey. It offers a nostalgic look at their neon marquees and silver screens, bringing back memories of Saturday matinees, 3-D glasses, and movie date nights.

Published and sold by Arcadia Publishing
$19.99 & Postage & Handling
ISBN: 0738544663

Bob's Books
works by Robert A. Stanton

NEW!!!!
Life In Camden, New Jersey
Before 1946

by Robert A. Stanton

One man's story of what it was like to grow up in Camden between the two World Wars, this is a companion book to PARKSIDE: The Story of a Neighborhood in Camden, New Jersey Before 1946. This book will have anyone who was there at the time heading down memory lane in a hurry!

Price: $6.00 plus $1.75 USA postage.

Trolley Days in Camden New Jersey

by Robert A. Stanton

Full of vintage photographs and lively text, this book covers the trolley era in Camden and its suburbs from horse cars to the end in 1937. The history of the operating companies of the seven city lines and the six suburban lines along with the cars, car number series and assignments, and carbarns, are all documented. Also included are the ferries, amusement parks, notable wrecks, the special car CAMDEN, and the trackless trolleys. Softcover, 100 pages, 8 1/2"x11" format. Three maps and over 110 vintage photographs, including one in color.

This book contains covering all of the city and suburban lines before 1937. Included are: carbarns, ferries, maps, and even some old busses. Price: $15.00 plus $1.75 USA postage.

Only 30 Left
as of January 18, 2006

PHILADELPHIA TRACTION
AS SEEN FROM
THE NEW JERSEY SIDE

by Robert A. Stanton

Early memories of a Camden boy who loved the Philadelphia Trolleys.

Price: $5.00 plus $1.75 USA postage.

PARKSIDE: The Story of a Neighborhood in Camden, New Jersey Before 1946

by Donald W. Stanton & Robert A. Stanton

An interesting history of Camden's Parkside section, containing an interesting collection of great and small memories of growing up there in the 1930s and 1940s.

Price: $5.00 plus $1.75 USA postage.

THE RAILROADS OF
CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY

by Robert A. Stanton

The railroads and the impact they had on the growth and development of "the biggest little city in America". Fifty-six pages, with a large 1921 map of Camden's Railroads, streetcars and streets.

Price: $9.00 plus $2.00 USA postage.

STREETCAR TO THE JUNGLE

by Robert A. Stanton

Trolleys in the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida. How the streetcars built the city and made it grow.

Fourteen pages of history plus 30 pictures.

Price: $6.00 plus $2.00 USA postage.

If you would like to purchase a copy of any of these books, or have any further questions concerning them, please contact Bob Stanton at the address below, or e-mail me.

Phil Cohen

ROBERT A. STANTON
PO Box 3676
Seminole FL 33775-3676

Public Education in Camden, N.J.
From Inception to Integration

by Fred Reiss, Ed.D

Published and sold through iUniverse

Delve into the intriguing story of the birth and development of one of New Jersey’s oldest school districts in Public Education in Camden, N.J.: From Inception to Integration. Book Description Spanning more than a hundred years, Public Education in Camden, N.J.: From Inception to Integration tells the history of one of the oldest and largest school districts in New Jersey.

Using vignettes and historical narratives, author Fred Reiss, current assistant superintendent of the Camden Board of Education, tells how the Camden Public Schools survived and thrived through events both mundane and spectacular.

Books by Dan Cooperson

BARRY AND DAN: A Lifelong Friendship

by Daniel J. Cooperson

An interesting book about two fellows who grew up in East Camden and their lives after growing up and moving on.

Published and sold by Xlibris.com
ISBN: 1-4134-1942-9 (Trade Paperback) 243 Pages

MY FRIENDS CALL ME MOTTS:
The Long Journey from Camden, NJ to Singapore

by Daniel J. Cooperson & Richard Martorano

This is the story of Richard Martorano, or Motts. He had a modest upbringing being raised in the poorer sections of Camden, NJ. As a child he was quite inquisitive, very bright and a real scoundrel. He and his older brother Sonny were quite a handful. Throughout school, Motts demonstrated intelligence, athleticism and a penchant for pranks. He brought his talents and his unquenchable sense of humor with him during his career. An Italian American raised Roman Catholic, he and his first wife raised four sons. Over fifteen years ago he moved to Singapore, converted to Islam and remarried. He and his second wife reside in Singapore where he continues his long career in the chemical field.

Published and sold by Xlibris.com
ISBN: 1-4257-3162-7 (Trade Paperback or Hardback) 262 Pages

A Book by Anthony Molock

Gypsy Joe Harris:
Son of Philadelphia

by Anthony Molock

Published and sold by Authorhouse.com - $16.50 & Postage & Handling

Art Books by William M. Hoffman Jr.

CAMDEN
HISTORICAL IMPRESSIONS

Paintings by William M. Hoffman Jr.

48 pages containing 37 color and 6 black and white reproductions from the Camden Collection plus essays by three historians on Camden and Professor Hoffman's paintings.

Buy this book for $10.00; add $1.50 shipping.
Pennsylvania residents add 60¢ sales tax
Make checks payable to:
William M. Hoffman, Jr.
110 Beech Drive
Ligonier PA 15658
or use

Books by Jeffrey Dorwart

Camden County, New Jersey:
The Making of a Metropolitan Community, 1626-2000

by Jeffrey M. Dorwart

Paper ISBN 0-8135-2958-1
Cloth ISBN 0-8135-2957-3
Pages: 219 pp., 53 b&w illus.

Price: $20.00 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS

by Robert A. Stanton

One man's story of what it was like to grow up in Camden between the two World Wars, this is a companion book to PARKSIDE: The Story of a Neighborhood in Camden, New Jersey Before 1946. This book will have anyone who was there at the time heading down memory lane in a hurry!

Price: $6.00 plus $1.75 USA postage.

by Robert A. Stanton

This book contains covering all of the city and suburban lines before 1937. Included are: carbarns, ferries, maps, and even some old busses. Price: $15.00 plus $1.75 USA postage.

by Fred Reiss, Ed.D

Published and sold through iUniverse

Using vignettes and historical narratives, author Fred Reiss, current assistant superintendent of the Camden Board of Education, tells how the Camden Public Schools survived and thrived through events both mundane and spectacular.

Public Education in Camden, N.J.: From Inception to Integration describes and interprets the actions of a board of education throughout a century of history, including:f history, including:

by Daniel J. Cooperson

An interesting book about two fellows who grew up in East Camden and their lives after growing up and moving on.

by Daniel J. Cooperson & Richard Martorano

Paintings by William M. Hoffman Jr.

48 pages containing 37 color and 6 black and white reproductions from the Camden Collection plus essays by three historians on Camden and Professor Hoffman's paintings.