From the jacket flap
After its original settlement, Coney Island passed through three well-defined periods that can best be described as notorious, elegant, and garish. The first was the time of Civil War deserters and bounty-jumpers, outlaws and prostitutes. Next, the 1880s were the time of elegance, of the finest hotels and restaurants, a time when the sporting world, the theatrical world, and the world of fashion made Coney Island a truly glittering watering place. The third period was that of the nickel empire when the subways reached the Island, the great hordes arrived, and Coney grew cheap and garish. In its fourth period, Coney Island became a beautiful seaside park.
This new edition of McCullough's book includes an introduction by Brian J. Cudahy, who has written extensively about New York's waterways and subways, and an epilogue by Michael P. Onorato, a retired history professor whose father managed Coney Island's famed Steeplechase Park from 1928 until its closing in 1964. Thus, McCullough's story, which ended in 1957, is brought up to date for a new generation of readers.
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- Title Good Old Coney Island
- Author Edo McCullough
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 2nd
- Pages 358
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Fordham University Press
- Date 2000-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9780823219964 / 0823219968
- Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
- Dimensions 9.22 x 6.19 x 1.11 in (23.42 x 15.72 x 2.82 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Library of Congress subjects Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) - History, Amusement parks - New York (State) - Coney
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99034320
- Dewey Decimal Code 974.723
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