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The story fagin tells is the background story of my high school and college years. A story of science and salvation kindle edition by fagin, dan. While the grand story arc encompasses hundreds of years of history, the parts relating to toms river focus on approximately the last 60 years. The lindbergh kidnapping, the dutch schultz murder, the hurricane carter case, the edgard smith affair involving william f. In the early years of the chemical plant in toms river, it had been easier for managers to ignore or at least downplay signs that the factory was polluting groundwater and the river.

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