Below is a listing of books written about Atlantic City.
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Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City
(HBO Series Tie-In Edition)
by Nelson Johnson / Foreword by Terence Winter
THE TRUE STORY THAT INSPIRED THE HBO SERIES
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Atlantic City Free Public Library Resources
Atlantic City History (.pdf): Information and research materials about Atlantic City’s unique cultural, economic, social and historical development make up the Heston Collection of the Atlantic City Free Public Library. The collection is named for Alfred M. Heston (1854-1937), a city official, historian and one of the founders of the library.
Atlantic City African American History Resources: Alfred M. Heston Collection (.pdf) : African Americans are Atlantic City's largest racial group. Many great African American performers and entertainers, sports professionals, and business professionals spent time in Atlantic City. Information about African Americans in Atlantic City is found in the Atlantic City Free Public Library's Alfred M. Heston Collection. Resources in the Heston Collection are available for public use during research hours or by appointment. Contact the Heston Room for further information (609) 345-2269 ext. 3062.
Available Online and at Bookstores:
- Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson and Terence Winter
- Atlantic City Then and Now (Then & Now Thunder Bay) by Edward Arthur Mauger
- Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America by Bryant Simon
- Atlantic City: One Hundred Twenty-Five Years of Ocean Madness by Vicki G. Levi and Lee Eisenberg (Paperback - Jul 1, 1994)
- Steel Pier, Atlantic City: Showplace of the Nation by Steve Leibowitz
- Chance of a Lifetime: Nucky Johnson, Skinny D'Amato and how Atlantic City became the Naughty Queen of Resorts by Grace Anselmo D'Amato
- Atlantic City Revisited (NJ) (Images of America) by William H. Sokolic and Robert E. Ruffolo Jr. (Paperback - Nov 13, 2006)
- Growing Up in the Other Atlantic City: Wash's and the Northside by Turiya S.A. Raheem
- Atlantic City 1854-1954: An Illustrated History by Fred Miller and Susan Miller 11.
- The Roaring '20s at the Jersey Shore by Karen L. Schnitzspahn
- Last Good Time: Skinny D'amato, The Notorious 500 Club, And The Rise And Fall Of Atlantic City by Jonathan Van Meter
- A Girl and Five Brave Horses by Sonora Carver, the first woman to fall 40 feet on horseback into a tank of water at Steel Pier in Atlantic City
- Atlantic City (NJ) (Images of America) by John T. Cunningham and Kenneth D. Cole
- The Social Anxieties of Progressive Reform: Atlantic City, 1854-1920 (American Social Experience Series) by Martin Paulsson
- Low Light: Birth of Organized Crime in Jazz Age Atlantic City by Stanley J. Cutler
- The Atlantic City Gamble: A Twentieth Century Fund Report (Twentieth Century Fund Book) by George Sternlieb and James W. Hughes
- Live from Atlantic City: The Miss America Pageant Before, After, and In Spite of Television by Armando Riverol
- Atlantic City (Postcard History: New Jersey) by James D. Ristine (Paperback - May 5, 2008)
- Gambling on the American Dream: Atlantic City and the Casino Era (Financial History) by James R. Karmel
- Atlantic City as a Winter Sanitarium by John T. King
- Atlantic City as a Winter Resort by Benjamin A. Blundon
- The Legendary Sousa Band: 40 Years from Plainfield to Atlantic City, 1892-1931 by James L. Schardein
- Jersey Shore: Vintage Images of Bygone Days by Emil R. Salvini
- Stars of the New Jersey Shore: A Theatrical History 1860s-1930s by Karen L. Schnitzspahn
- New Jersey's Southern Shore: An Illustrated History from Brigantine to Cape May Point by Susan Miller
- The New Jersey Shore: A Vanishing Splendor by Tova Navarra
- Haunted Jersey Shore: Ghosts And Strange Phenomena of the Garden State Coast (Haunted (Stackpole)) by Charles A. Stansfield Jr. and Heather Adel Wiggins
- Lifeguards of the Jersey Shore by Bernard a. Olsen, Edward Olsen Michael "Spike" Fowler
- Guarding New Jersey's Shore: Lighthouses and Life-Saving Stations (NJ) (Images of America) by David Veasey
- Jersey Shore History & Facts by Kevin Woyce - Kindle Book, Auto-delivered wirelessly
- Railroads of New Jersey: Fragments of the Past in the Garden State Landscape by Lorett Treese
- A Visit to Young’s Pier at Atlantic City, New Jersey: Also When Edgecombe Was A-borning, the Word Sheriff, Gaston Lichtenstein and others
- Atlantic City: Its Early and Modern History, Anthology (Carnesworth)
- Atlantic City 1854-1954: An Illustrated History, Fred Miller
- Atlantic City: In Living Color, Frank Legato
- Atlantic City : A Guide to America's Queen of Resorts by Dirk Vanderwilt
Misc. Sources
- The Boardwalk Jungle, Ovid Demaris
- Sentinels of the Shore : A Guide to the Lighthouses and Lightships of New Jersey, Bill Gately
- Atlantic City (Images of America Series) by John Cunningham , Kenneth Cole