Wheeler Antabanez

13 from the Swamp Wheeler Antabanez

UFOs over Troy Meadows. An abandoned farmhouse in Livingston. Voodoo rituals in Newark. Wheeler takes us on a Passaic River journey through the urban swamps of North Jersey, revealing a side of the river most people never get to see. Traveling by canoe and speedboat, Wheeler braves epic pollution to uncover hidden mysteries of the highly contaminated Passaic River. This slim title is jam-packed with tales of forsaken industry, brazen graffiti, and yes, even a dead body or two. Fully illustrated with black and white photography, Wheeler is prepared to show you... not just tell you. Want to know what's under all those bridges you've been seeing from your car window? Read 13 FROM THE SWAMP!
Praise for Wheeler Antabanez:
"Wheeler Antabanez is the Passaic River's modern day Huck Finn..."
-NPR "Wheeler knows this river like maybe nobody else, but he's more of a nihilist than an environmentalist..."
-The Star Ledger "As a kid, he grew up reading Twain and Robert Lewis Stevenson. As a writer, the Passaic became his passion. Antabanez sees a strange kind of beauty, where others would see watery urban decay."
-The Bergen Record" Antabanez writes with a wry and witty voice that dips into tones of compelling intensity."
-Publisher's Weekly