Creator William J. Lewis is about to launch a e book titled “South Jersey Legends & Lore: Tales from the Pine Barrens and Past” on Monday.
Lewis, a local of New Egypt, Ocean County, has written two different New Jersey-centric books: “New Jersey’s Misplaced Piney Tradition” and “Journey with Piney Joe: Exploring the New Jersey Pine Barrens.”
“The e book is a mixture of three brief tales, some unique paintings, in addition to demography of the locations. However some tall tales have been informed in South Jersey, together with historic tales about household names within the space, which I’d say have risen to legendary proportions,” Lewis mentioned.
The e book will dive into common South Jersey legends such because the Jersey Satan however will even function tales of lesser recognized items of historical past.
“I’ve full tales on the Jersey Satan. After which I’ve little biographies of sure households in South Jersey. So there’s an excellent combination,” he mentioned.
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Lewis spoke about what it meant to him to have the ability to interview individuals with deep connections to the tales that shall be featured within the e book.
“One of many issues I feel as a author is while you’re speaking to somebody that is talking for someone that has handed and also you’re speaking to a descendant of that individual to get the backstory, they actually do not need to be misquoted while you’re speaking about someone who may be very private to them, their tales, their historical past, which is intertwined with the material of our personal tradition in South Jersey.”
From the Jersey Satan to Hessian Island, a historic outlaw hideout established by renegade troopers from the Revolutionary Battle, and the so-called Bermuda Triangle of the Pines, Lewis dives into all of it.
“South Jersey Legends & Lore: Tales from the Pine Barrens and Past” is out there for pre-order on Amazon.
