The Osterman Weekend [antikvár]

Saddle Valley, New Jersey, is a Village. At least real estate developers, hearing alarm signals from a decaying upper middle-class Manhattan, found a Village when they invaded its wooden acres in the late 1930s. The white, shield-shaped sign on Valley Road reads saddle valley village incorporated 1862 Welcome The 'Welcome' is in smaller lettering than any of the words preceding it, for Saddle Valley does not really welcome outsiders, those Sunday afternoon drivers who like to watch the Villagers at play. Two Saddle Valley police cars patrol the roads on Sunday afternoon. It might also be noted that the sign on Valley Road does not read saddle valley, new jersey or even saddle valley, n.j. merely SADDLE VALLEY