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Title:

Coney Island reader : through dizzy gates of illusion / edited by Louis J. Parascandola and John Parascandola.

Publisher:

Columbia University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xxiv, 333 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)--Literary collections.
Amusement parks--Coney Island--Coney Island--History.
Lyrik.
Kurzgeschichte.
Essay.
Amerikanisches Englisch.
New York, NY--Coney Island.
Amusement parks.
New York (State)--New York.
New York (State)--Coney Island.--Coney Island.
History.
Literary collections.

Other Authors:

Parascandola, Louis J., 1952- editor.
Parascandola, John, 1941- editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

The Beginnings Through 1896 -- The Era of the Three Great Amusement Parks, 1897-1911 -- The Nickel Empire: Coney in Transition, 1912-1948 -- The Years of Decline and the Hope of Rebirth, 1949 to the Present.

ISBN:

0231165730 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780231165730 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0231165722 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780231165723 (cloth : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)885148210

LCCN:

2014022522

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)