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008 181005s2019 nyua b 001 0deng
010 _a 2018045168
040 _aDLC
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015 _aGBB955229
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020 _a9780316416481
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020 _a0316416487
020 _z9780316416474 (ebook)
035 _a(OCoLC)1051137906
042 _apcc
092 _a791.068
_bS587
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aSilverman, Stephen M.,
_eauthor.
_9395837
245 1 4 _aThe amusement park :
_b900 years of thrills and spills, and the dreamers and schemers who built them /
_cStephen M. Silverman.
250 _aFirst edition.
263 _a1905
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBlack Dog & Leventhal Publishers,
_c2019.
300 _a432 pages :
_billustrations (some color) ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
_bsti
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337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aRemain seated -- The fun begins. All's fair ; Royal retreat ; Vaux populi ; Earthly delights ; Humdinger ; Horseplay ; Skulduggery ; Restless spirits ; Son of blubber -- Getting serious. The beach is divine ; Surf and turf ; What goes around ; Next chapter ; Water works ; Snakes at a picnic ; Riding the wave ; Catching clouds -- A new epoch. To the moon ; Fortune's folly ; Just add flames ; Shaking things up ; Off the rails ; Caution to the wind ; Sugar rush ; Hold on tight -- Beating a path. By land and sea ; Birds of a feather ; Sink or swim ; Salt of the earth ; Moving right along ; Grand slam ; New worlds ; Finishing touches ; On the horizon ; Quidditch, anyone?.
520 _a"The history of amusement parks, from the middle ages to present day, populated by the colorful (and sometimes criminal) characters who built them, and the regular folks who sought their magical, albeit temporary, charms"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aAmusement parks
_xHistory.
_9398541
650 0 _aAmusement parks
_xDesign and construction
_xHistory.
_9398542
650 0 _aAmusement park owners
_vAnecdotes.
_9398543
655 7 _aAnecdotes.
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