Good Old Coney Island: A Sentimental Journey into the Past : The Most Rambunctious, Scandalous, Rapscallion, Splendiferous, Pugnacious, Spectacular, Illustrious, Prodigious - Couverture souple

McCullough, Edo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0823219976 ISBN 13 : 9780823219971

Editeur : Fordham University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Coney Island is more than a national institution: it was probably the most celebrated amusement resort in the world. This book, by a man whose family helped to build the Island's fantastic reputation, presents its lively and nostalgic history. Touched with sentiment, occasionally with acid, it is frank, outspoken, sometimes biting, but always imbued with humor.

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Edo McCullough was raised on Coney Island.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fordham University Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0823219976
• ISBN 13: 9780823219971
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 358
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible