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What is the authentic Long Beach Island? If you were to list all that you love about this 18-mile-long sandbar — your favorite things, its rich history and lore, family attachments that may go back generations, beach, ocean and bay activities, lost youth and carefree summers, spiritual sunrises and spectacular sunsets — would that distill LBI to its essence? If you wanted to share LBI with best friends who had never experienced it, what would you tell them or show them? Avoiding all pretensions and tourism hype, what inside local knowledge would you share? Maybe you’d point out a little silliness, share some locals-only humor, but it would be difficult to be jaded or cynical. Eventually, a passion for the place would spill out and you might even wax poetic. The “magic” of Long Beach Island is irrepressible. It’s infectious — you just want to share it! There is so much that is lasting, true and timeless about this Island. Although the experiences and feelings are different for everyone, one fact can not be denied: the emotional connection to LBI is real and deep and as permanent as a tattoo. It is a bond.How do you describe that? A new book celebrates this bond. In observations, past and present moments, cultural vignettes, memories and delights — with 480 photographs and images — All Things LBI: Faves - History - Legends - Lore, just released by Down The Shore Publishing, shares what we love. Loosely organized into sections like: “The Beach and All That Makes It So,” “All Things Bayside,” “Weather, Storms, and Shipwrecks,” the book also includes natural history, town legends and landmarks, remember-when nostalgia, and the special quality of the off-season. Long-time locals will recognize much; new visitors will be clued-in; young and old will relate. Breezy, evocative and cleverly written, inclusive not exclusive (because no one really wants to keep it to themselves), this chunky gift book captures the real Long Beach Island. All-encompassing, yet admittedly incomplete (how could it ever be complete?), the 183-page hardcover also includes blank note pages at the end for readers to record their own favorite LBI things. An accompanying Facebook public group (Facebook: All Things LBI) also invites readers to share in an online community.As the book observes: “Those three letters…. They’re loaded with meaning, longing, and emotion. They represent more than just a physical place. More than an identity. They are attached to your soul. …Wherever you are in the world, if you know what those letters mean, they will transport and connect you.” All Things LBI is written and curated by the founder and editors of Down The Shore Publishing. Beginning with the Down The Shore Calendar in 1985 and John Bailey Lloyd’s first book, Eighteen Miles of History on Long Beach Island, in 1986, the venerable local publisher has explored and documented Long Beach Island and the entire Jersey Shore with nearly 100 essential titles and dozens of authors. The publisher’s catalog includes not just the shore, but New Jersey subjects and coastal themes in all genres and formats, from novels to coffee table art books.For the first time, founder Ray Fisk and editor/designer Leslee Ganss have collaborated on a book together, sifting through decades of collected research material, archives, experiences and knowledge from the authors and work they have published.

RAY FISK was one of the first editors and photographers on Long Beach Island’s young alternative weekly, The SandPaper, joining college friends on the small staff with issue #7, in 1977 — before the paper even had an office. He planned to stay on the Island only through that summer but never left. (LBI does that to people.) Based on the Island, he then worked in the New Jersey and Shore region for over decade and a half as a full-time photojournalist for The New York Times and United Press International, as well as other major publications. He founded Down The Shore Publishing from his home in a land-locked houseboat in Harvey Cedars, and published over 100 titles with nearly three-dozen authors.LESLEE GANSS, an artist and graphic designer, spent her youthful summers in Harvey Cedars on LBI until moving to the Island year-round. After graduating from the University of the Arts (then called Philadelphia College of Art) in 1980, she was hired for a “summer” job at the young weekly, The SandPaper, and stayed on for 18 years as Art Director. She designs books and publications, and continues to create a weekly editorial cartoon — The SandPaper’s “Artoon,” now approaching its 30th year. As an artist and craftsperson she paints, repurposes and up-cycles found objects, helps diamondback terrapins cross roads during nesting season, and has held a baby osprey. She has published two collections of her Artoons. Her family’s home is in Harvey Cedars and she lives across the bay surrounded by tidal creeks and salt marsh in the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.