“The Last Three Miles” by Steven Hart (2007)

• • Excellent history– and a good read– on the construction of the Pulaski Skyway.  Includes stories of the bloody labor wars and JC Mayor Frank (“I Am the Law”) Hague.

“The Meadowlands: Wilderness Adventures on the Edge of a City” by Robert Sullivan (1998)

• • History, archeology & adventure  

“An American River: From Paradise to Superfund, Afloat on New Jersey’s Passaic” by Mary Bruno (2012)

• • The story/history of nearby river, a mix of natural history, environmental politics and outdoor adventure.  There is also a new documentary film version by Scott Morris: www.americanriver.film

“The Meadowlands Before the Commission: Three Centuries of Human Use and Alteration of the Newark and Hackensack Meadows” by Stephen Marshall  (2004)   https://www.urbanhabitats.org/v02n01/3centuries_full.html

• • Interesting article on “History, Ecology, and Restoration of a Degraded Urban Wetland”

“Finding Nature In An Industrial Swamp: A Case Study Of New Jersey’s Hackensack Meadowlands” by Cheryl Ann Hendry   Https://Scholarworks.Montana.Edu/Xmlui/Bitstream/Handle/1/12784/Hendryc0517.Pdf?Sequence=4

• • A thorough and thoughtful analysis, with a sharp look at the history of how wetlands have/should be treated.

Two articles about corruption in JC in the 1970s, from New York Times:

• • PJP Scandal, 1972: https://www.nytimes.com/1972/09/15/archives/250000-landfill-scandal-is-charged-to-11-in-hudson-former-county.html
  • John J Kenny, 1973  https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/27/archives/john-j-kenny-is-found-guilty-of-extortion-and-misconduct-john-j.html