 Hersheypark: The Sweetness of Success
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| By : Charles J., Jr. Jacques |
What's that? You're interested in learning about Hersheypark's past and present? Well, this book has it all! Jam packed with photos and descriptions of rides, landscape, and people, this book will keep you entertained for hours! Do yourself a favor, buy this book! You will not regret it!
Publisher: Amusement Park Journal
Sales Rank: 351,288
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Kennywood...: Roller Coaster Capital of the World
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| By : Charles J. Jacques, Jr. |
This is a great book for anyone who loves nostalgia and the way the old parks used to be. Jacques first visited Kennywood Park in the 1940's. He went with his family to the annual school picnics to the park through the 1950's. He again returned to Kennywood in the 1960's with his three children. Jacques started researching the history of Kennywood Park in 1976. He completed the book in 1982.
Publisher: Amusement Park Journal
Sales Rank: 220,487
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More Kennywood Memories
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| By : Charles J., Jr. Jacques, Karen Morrison (Designer), Carl O. Hughes (Preface) |
Kennywood, celebrathing its 100th birthday this year, has been part of the author's life for the better part of the last 50 years. Jacques is the park's unofficial historian. In 1982 he wrote Kennywood:Roller Coaster Capital of the World, which has sence sold some 23,000 copies. This summer he published his second books about Kennywood and the company's other parks: More Kennywood Memories. Jacques 58, grew up in nearby Natrona Heights, Pa., and first visited the park in 1947, but it was in the '70s that he became interested in Kennywood's history, along with the histories of other parks. His reserch involved hundreds of trips to Kennywood and sifting through old correspondence, conducting dozens of interviews, takening hundreds of pictures, reviewing company documents and photos. Jacques is an obessive researcher: the appendix to his new book notes that in 1932 the park's dance pavilion was remodeled, in 1940 it snowed on opening day, and this yer the Thunderbolt (coaster) got new headlights.
Publisher: Amusement Park Journal
Sales Rank: 223,165
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Ohio's Amusement Parks in Vintage Postcards
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| By : David Francis, Diane Francis |
By 1912, there were 54 amusement parks in Ohio. The parks came in all sizes, and featured such attractions as the Flying Ponies carousel, the Chute-the-Chutes water ride, and the Cyclone, Racer, and Dip-the-Dips roller coasters. Some, like Clevelandís White City, seemed to be courted by bad luck from the beginning, and folded after only a few disappointing seasons. Others, like Youngstownís Idora Park, enjoyed long lives and fostered beloved memories, but eventually closed down in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. A few, like Sanduskyís Cedar Point, have grown to be considered among the greatest amusement parks in the world. But most are now forgotten.
Publisher: Arcadia
Sales Rank: 682,373
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Palisades Amusement Park: A Century of Fond Memories
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| By : Vince Gargiulo, Edward Malillo, Richard H. Haufe |
The amusement park that grew on the New Jersey Palisades overlooking the Hudson River could always be identified by its trademark blend of "entertainment, nature, and colorful attractions." In 1898, a picnic ground was turned into a paradise for some 300 million visitors who thereafter flocked to Palisades Park before its closure in 1971. The Palisades became one of America's favorite amusement parks, and its owners had a knack for letting the park reflect the culture of the nation. The austerity of the 1920s saw Kewpie-doll prizes replaced by coffee and sugar; the 1940s promoted beauty pageants such as Miss Eyeglass-wearing; the 1950s saluted rock and roll; the 1960s gave rise to rocket ships. Fire and accidental deaths marred the park's history, but the ....
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Sales Rank: 123,734
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The American Amusement Park
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| By : Wendy Yegoiants, Dale Osborn Samuelson |
This marvelous photographic retrospective distills more than 100 years of the sights, sounds, smells and vertigo-inducing thrills associated with the American amusement park. Nostalgic archival photography from private collections, period print advertisements and exclusive modern color photographs illustrate the stories behind thrill rides, arcades, architecture, park food, pavilion entertainment, fun houses, tunnels of love and much more. Great info on amusement park history and behind the scenes secrets.
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Sales Rank: 90,406
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The Amusement Park Guide, 5th
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| By : Tim O'Brien |
Amusement parks are everywhere, in most of the 50 United States as well as many Canadian provinces. This book includes them all. However, this is more than just a list of the best rides around. Tim O'Brien presents the inside scoop on special events and in-park entertainment. The helpful information he lists includes admission prices, operating season, hours, and directions to the parks. Also inside, readers will find his advice for making each amusement park trip a fantastic one. These tips have been garnered by Tim over his many years as self-described "amusement park connoisseur." This new edition will include updated listings for all new parks, new photographs and trivia items, and sidebars with information on Tim's favorite parks, as well as the latest details about new rides at each park.
Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr
Sales Rank: 254,401
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The Kid of Coney Island: Fred Thompson and the Rise of American Amusements
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| By : Woody Register |
A generation before Walt Disney, Fred Thompson was the "boy-wonder" of American popular amusements. At the turn of the 20th century, Thompson's entrepreneurial drive made him into an entertainment mogul who helped to define the popular culture of his day. In this lively biography, Woody Register tells Thompson's remarkable story and examines the transformation of commerce and entertainment as American society moved into an era of mass marketing and large-scale corporate enterprise. Getting his start as a promoter of carnival shows at world's fairs, Thompson was one of the principal developers of Coney Island, where he created the majestic Luna Park.....
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Sales Rank: 649,760
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