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001			on1122798557
003			OCoLC
005			20200916122413.0
008			200410s2020 nyua 000 0 eng
010			_a 2020011878
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020			_a9780143134510 _qpaperback
020			_a0143134515 _qpaperback
035			_a(OCoLC)1122798557
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092			_a791.0687 _bM961
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100	1		_aMulvihill, Andy, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAction Park : _bfast times, wild rides, and the untold story of America's most dangerous amusement park / _cAndy Mulvihill with Jake Rossen.
264		1	_a[New York, New York] : _bPenguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, _c2020.
300			_a342 pages : _billustrations ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"The outlandish, hilarious, terrifying, and almost impossible-to-believe story of the legendary, dangerous amusement park where millions were entertained and almost as many bruises were sustained, told through the eyes of the founder's son Often called "Accident Park," "Class Action Park," or "Traction Park," Action Park was an American icon. Entertaining more than a million people a year in the 1980s, the New Jersey-based amusement playland placed no limits on danger or fun, a monument to the anything-goes spirit of the era that left guests in control of their own adventures--sometimes with tragic results. Though it closed its doors in 1996 after nearly twenty years, it has remained a subject of constant fascination ever since, an establishment completely anathema to our modern culture of rules and safety. Action Park is the first-ever unvarnished look at the history of this DIY Disneyland, as seen through the eyes of Andy Mulvihill, the son of the park's idiosyncratic founder, Gene Mulvihill. From his early days testing precarious rides to working his way up to chief lifeguard of the infamous Wave Pool to later helping run the whole park, Andy's story is equal parts hilarious and moving, chronicling the life and death of a uniquely American attraction, a wet and wild 1980s adolescence, and a son's struggle to understand his father's quixotic quest to become the Walt Disney of New Jersey. Packing in all of the excitement of a day at Action Park, this is destined to be one of the most unforgettable memoirs of the year"-- _cProvided by publisher.
651		0	_aAction Park (Vernon, N.J.) _xHistory.
650		0	_aAmusement parks _zNew Jersey.
651		0	_aNew Jersey _xSocial life and customs _y20th century.
700	1		_aRossen, Jake, _eauthor.
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