Kevin Woyce: 8 books

Have you ever wondered... why is there an elephant-shaped building on the beach in Margate? … who built a concrete ship, and why? … how did Jersey Shore towns get names like Loveladies, Ship Bottom, and Rio Grande? Inside JERSEY SHORE HISTORY AND FACTS, you will find the answers to all of these...

Regional history author Kevin Woyce has given hundreds of PowerPoint presentations, on a variety of topics, over the past ten years. In this short, no-nonsense guide, he explains how he plans, builds, and performs his slideshows. Learn how to choose and refine your topic; work with text, images, animations,...

In 1822, New York City landowner Clement Moore read a poem about Saint Nicholas to his six young children. Beginning in the 1860s, cartoonist Thomas Nast drew dozens of Santa Claus pictures based on Moore's description of the "jolly old elf" who arrived on The Night Before Christmas. SANTA'S...

Join author and photographer Kevin Woyce for a tour of eleven historic lighthouses, nine along the Connecticut coast and two on picturesque Block Island. Discover how and why these lights were built, and meet the brave men and women who kept them shining. Illustrated throughout with original black...

Henry Hudson explored the river that now bears his name in 1609. The invention of the steamboat 200 years later, and the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, made the Hudson one of America's busiest rivers. From 1826 until the middle of the 20th century, more than a dozen lighthouses guided ships past...

The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on October 28, 1886, after more than twenty years of planning, fund raising, and construction. LIBERTY is her story. Discover how she was built and what she symbolizes. Meet some of the people involved in her creation, including sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi,...

NIAGARA is an illustrated history of the Niagara River, from historic bridges and forts to modern-day parks and attractions. Discover how Niagara Falls and the Niagara Gorge formed, and how they have changed over the years. Meet the Niagara River's explorers and settlers; the daredevils who risked...

Some of New Jersey's most exciting history can be found in our more than two dozen State Parks. Names such as Wawayanda and Hopatcong remind us of the Lenape, or "Original People." Historic battlefields recall New Jersey's perilous years as "the crossroads of the American Revolution."...