The Meadowlands: Wilderness Adventures at the Edge of a City

Imagine a grungy north Jersey version of John McPhee's classic The Pine Barrens and you'll get some idea of the idiosyncratic, fact-filled, and highly original work that is Robert Sullivan's The Meadowlands. Just five miles west of New York City, this vilified, half-developed, half-untamed, much dumped-on, and sometimes odiferous tract of swampland is home to rare birds and missing bodies, tranquil marshes and a major sports arena, burning garbage dumps and corporate headquarters, the remains of the original Penn Station--and maybe, just, maybe, of the late Jimmy Hoffa. Robert Sullivan proves himself to be this fragile yet amazingly resilient region's perfect expolorer, historian, archaeologist, and comic bard.

Author: Robert Sullivan
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 07/20/1999
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780385495080

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 08/15/1999 pg. 28
Ingram Advance 08/01/1999 pg. 72 - Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended
New York Times 12/05/1999 pg. 105

About the Author
Robert Sullivan has written for The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Rolling Stone, Outside, Condé Nast Traveler, and Vogue, where he is a contributing editor. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and two children.