America's amusement industry emerged from simple swimming ponds, family picnic areas, and community gathering spots. Although the first major entrepreneurial-driven amusement resort, known as Jones Woods, grew from the banks of New York's East River in the 1800s, the Golden Age of American amusement parks began with the mid-1800s development of a Brooklyn peninsula into "America's Playland" Coney Island. Coney Island also paved the way for other...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0747812098
ISBN13:9780747812098
Release Date:May 2013
Publisher:Shire Publications
Length:64 Pages
Weight:0.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.2" x 5.9" x 8.3"
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