Stories of New Jersey

These stories by Frank R. Stockton recreate the events and moods of New Jersey from the days of the Lenni-Lenape Indians and the Dutch colonists to the exploits of New Jerseyans in the Mexican War. A reader learns about colorful historical and legendary figures of New Jersey's past: colonials who fought, traded with, and were captured by Indians; the perpetrators of New Jersey's own Tea Party; revolutionary heroes and heroines; frontiersmen, early inventors, schoolmasters, doctors, and privateersmen.