Selected WorksAnthology
"Although its rock-and-roll legacy is well known around the world, other music forms - gospel and blues, jazz and even classical - have an Asbury Park address that contribute to the American music treasury." - Bob Santelli, author of Greetings from E Street: The Story of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
American Studies
“The new edition contains rare photographs and an insightful foreword by the author’s daughter.”
-Dr. Barbara Tomlinson, Princeton, N.J.
This is basic history, geography, psychology, economics, and folklore all
rolled into one top-quality volume.
-The New York Times
"The collapse of American towns and cities is now so complete that our collective memory of why they existed and how they came to be is nearly lost. Helen-Chantal Pike's history of Asbury Park is a worthy, lively, and well-researched effort to correct this cultural amnesia."
- James Howard Kunstler, author of "Geography of Nowhere".
“a Jerseyana journalist”
-The New York Times Business
Tracks the evolution of leading industries across a 300-year span.
Local History
Four volumes of illustrated history about New Jersey's North Shore communities.
Historical Fiction
"In the swish of a flapper dress, the smell of the potato mash or the shape of looks-just-like-it liquor bottle, the period details are superb." - Pamela Waterman, Mesa, AZ |
Pike Log: Can a Jersey Girl Survive a Move to North Woods?I See the (New) Starting LineApril 30, 2012 
From a squiggly black line on an 1875 map to the real deal: Instead of prettily meandering through a colonial village on its way to 15 Mile Falls, Trout Brook now empties into the river much higher up the hill thanks to the dam put up in 1954. Behind me the Presidential foothills define the skyline.
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Author Bob Pike in his study where he wrote
Tall Trees, Tough Men more than 45 years ago. Will Open Mic Reveal Whodunit?March 8, 2012 The Upper Connecticut River Valley seems ready-made for prospective mystery titles such as “Mayhem in the Mountains” (malice domestic); “Dance Hall Swindle” (locked room); “Axed to Death” (hard-boiled), or “The Latchis Case” (police procedural). * Part of the thrill of reading is to escape the humdrum. Where better to spend (more…) How My Beloved Aunt Became a Cover GirlFebruary 28, 2012 
Elizabeth Roberta Pike and her grandfather, R.T. Pike, circa 1918, in Upper Waterford, VT.
Lots of interesting things can happen when you're incommunicado. (more…) Why We Pray for Snow in Pike CountryFebruary 16, 2012 
Beer but no gear sold here. In January 2012, regular unleaded gas with 10% ethanol went up to $3.60/gal at the all-purpose convenience store. Photo taken December 2011. BTW: Home heating oil: $800 for 200 gallons. How long do you think I can make that last?
You know the dead I mean. (more…) Where the GPS Are We?February 3, 2012 
Thanks to Peter Lucia for this illuminated version of the Upper Connecticut River Valley at night
Odd question from Carolyn Kinne Grass as she climbed into my SUV Thursday, armed with an oversized atlas left-over from the era of open touring cars, goggles and silk scarves. “Why would I need one?” I retorted. (more…) Making Kodak MomentsJanuary 20, 2012
I loved them all: the cool blues of Ektachrome, the Hollywood movie colors of Kodachrome, and the 3200-speed of B&W film that enabled me to photograph through a hole in a boarded up wall the interior of the Palace Amusements in Asbury Park, NJ. It was the early '90s.
(more…) I Can See the Finish Line!December 31, 2011 
Riverside Cemetery, peaceful home of my ancestors who had led an industrious farm life settling Waterford, VT after the Revolution.
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