Step back in time to 1880 and experience the tragedy of the West Jersey & Atlantic Rail Line first hand with ‘Between the Shore and the City: Tragedy at Mays Landing’ by Mari D’Albora Dattolo. On August 11, 1880, two trains carrying over 1,300 passengers from Philadelphia’s Irish Catholic parishes collided in Mays Landing, New Jersey on their return from Atlantic City. In this book, you’ll discover the full story of the tragedy that left thirty dead and dozens more critically injured, yet was strangely absent from the state’s 1880 Railroad and Canal Reports. Through archival research, regional newspaper reporting and fictional imagining, Dattolo brings to life the light and darkness of the fateful journey home. Step into the shoes of the passengers and experience the tragedy of the West Jersey & Atlantic Rail Line first hand with ‘Between the Shore and the City: Tragedy at Mays Landing’ by Mari D’Albora Dattolo.