The American Amusement Park
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The American Amusement Park by Dale Osborn Samuelson
For more than a century, amusement parks from Brooklyn's Coney Island to Disneyland in Anaheim and today's "chain parks" like Six Flags have been among the most popular destinations for countiess Americans in search of fun, thrills and forgetting their troubles. 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, pavillion entertainment, fun houses, tunnels of love and much more. Special focus is given to the roller coaster, while sidebars highlight specific parks and rides whose influence on the development of amusement parks in general is undeniable.
Samuelson's photographs and articles have been featured in At The Park, a glossy trade magazine and RollerCoaster! the official magazine of the American Coaster Enthusiasts.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780760309810 |
| ISBN 10 | 0760309817 |
| Title | The American Amusement Park |
| Author | Dale Osborn Samuelson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc |
| Year published | 2001-10-26 |
| Number of pages | 156 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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