{"product_id":"historic-winter-storms-of-new-jersey-9781467170000","title":"Historic Winter Storms of New Jersey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCrippling winter storms are locked in the memories of millions of New Jerseyans. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn December 26, 1947, an unpredicted storm buried Newark in twenty-six inches of snow. A record-setting nor'easter on January 22, 2016, unleashed sixty-mile-per-hour wind gusts, six-foot drifts and snowfall depths of thirty inches in Bernards Township and Long Valley. But no storm was more infamous than the so-called Great White Hurricane. Coming when the science of meteorology was in its infancy, the blizzard of 1888 left tens of millions at the mercy of a vicious three-day nightmare with tragic loss of life and property that no one saw coming. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Don Colgan tells the stories of winter's fury and of those who lived through the most extraordinary winter storms in New Jersey history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon Colgan has nurtured a lifetime passion in meteorology, particularly winter storms. A lifelong resident of Central New Jersey, he has written recreational fishing articles and several children's short stories. Recently retired from a forty-eight-year career in sales and marketing in the field of electrical distribution, Colgan loves storytelling, and his lifelong ambition was to author a book about the historic winter storms that have punished the Garden State through the eyes and words of New Jerseyans who lived through them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"History Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51676148269330,"sku":"9781467170000","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_20639a3d-1376-496f-b3d3-d466d12a012a.jpg?v=1761046102","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/historic-winter-storms-of-new-jersey-9781467170000","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}