The Amusement Park: 900 Years of Thrills and Spills, and the Dreamers and Schemers Who Built Them
by Stephen M. Silverman
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0316416487
- ISBN 13
- 9780316416481
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About This Item
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishing, 2019. Hardcover. New/New. New tightly bound hardcover with sky blue cloth to boards and white lettering to spine. New dust jacket. 8vo. (7.2 x 1.55 x 9.65 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. Beautifully illustrated with color photos and examples of amusement part ephemera. Includes bibliography, notes, illustration credits and an index. 432 pp.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Experience the electrifying, never-before-told true story of amusement parks, from the middle ages to present day, and meet the colorful (and sometimes criminal) characters who are responsible for their enchanting charms. Step right up! The Amusement Park is a rich, anecdotal history that begins nine centuries ago with the "pleasure gardens" of Europe and England and ends with the most elaborate modern parks in the world. It's a history told largely through the stories of the colorful, sometimes hedonistic characters who built them, including: Showmen like Joseph and Nicholas Schenck and Marcus Loew Railroad barons Andrew Mellon and Henry E. HuntingtonThe men who ultimately destroyed the parks, including Robert Moses and Fred TrumpGifted artisans and craft-people who brought the parks to lifeAn amazing cast of supporting players, from Al Capone to Annie OakleyAnd, of course, this is a full-throttle celebration of the rides, those marvels of engineering and heart-stopping thrills from an author, Stephen Silverman, whose life-long passion for his subject shines through. The parks and fairs featured include the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Coney Island, Steeplechase Park, Dreamland, Euclid Beach Park, Cedar Point, Palisades Park, Ferrari World, Dollywood, Sea World, Six Flags Great Adventure, Universal Studios, Disney World and Disneyland, and many more.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Experience the electrifying, never-before-told true story of amusement parks, from the middle ages to present day, and meet the colorful (and sometimes criminal) characters who are responsible for their enchanting charms. Step right up! The Amusement Park is a rich, anecdotal history that begins nine centuries ago with the "pleasure gardens" of Europe and England and ends with the most elaborate modern parks in the world. It's a history told largely through the stories of the colorful, sometimes hedonistic characters who built them, including: Showmen like Joseph and Nicholas Schenck and Marcus Loew Railroad barons Andrew Mellon and Henry E. HuntingtonThe men who ultimately destroyed the parks, including Robert Moses and Fred TrumpGifted artisans and craft-people who brought the parks to lifeAn amazing cast of supporting players, from Al Capone to Annie OakleyAnd, of course, this is a full-throttle celebration of the rides, those marvels of engineering and heart-stopping thrills from an author, Stephen Silverman, whose life-long passion for his subject shines through. The parks and fairs featured include the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Coney Island, Steeplechase Park, Dreamland, Euclid Beach Park, Cedar Point, Palisades Park, Ferrari World, Dollywood, Sea World, Six Flags Great Adventure, Universal Studios, Disney World and Disneyland, and many more.
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- The Anthropologists Closet (US)
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- 764
- Title
- The Amusement Park: 900 Years of Thrills and Spills, and the Dreamers and Schemers Who Built Them
- Author
- Stephen M. Silverman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0316416487
- ISBN 13
- 9780316416481
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal Publishing
- Date Published
- 2019
- Keywords
- Amusement Parks, Rollercoasters, Pleasure Gardens, Rides, Coney Island, Dreamland, Dollywood, Ferrari world, Sea World, Six flags, Universal Studios, Theme parks,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pop culture;
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