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Roller Coasters: A Thrill-Seekers Guide to the Ultimate Scream Machines | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert Coker
Publisher: MetroBooks (NY)
Category: Book
Buy New: $32.00
New (2) Used (8) from $11.53
Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 670367
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 12 x 11 x 0.7
ISBN: 1586631721
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.06873
EAN: 9781586631727
ASIN: 1586631721
Publication Date: June 2002
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Condition: may have minor shelf wear
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Book Description
Thrill seeking knows no limits - and roller coaster rides are a major food group for the thrill seeker's diet. From fifteenth century Russian slides to the original Coney Island Cyclone to modern day steel gigacoasters like Cedar Point's Millennium Force, this breath-taking guide offers a wild ride through the evolution of roller coasters, bringing you up close to the world's scariest gravity-defying feats of fun. With more than 100 awe-inspiring images of the world's most terrifying ride, as well as coverage of nearly 200 roller coasters - including wooden wonders, steel breaking giga-coasters, Roller Coasters is a comprehensive guide to world of heart pounding, hair raising acton.
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Scream your lungs out! July 27, 2004
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
When was the last time you had so much fun screaming? Probably last time you were on a roller coaster, your hair tingling, your eyeballs popping, and your stomach churning. Robert Coker, a talented journalist, has been everywhere you've been and more, and he describes the different rides he's been on, whether wooden or steel, coaster or twister, with a different appropriate writing style that will make you feel you're in the same box, hurtling hundreds of feet downwards after a longslow climb.
Maybe the best part is Coker's sneak preview of coming attractions, rides they're building out there that we may not get to stand on line for just yet. But, a boy can dream, can't he?
A Great Book! February 16, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great book for anyone who is interested in roller coasters. It includes history of roller coasters, wooden roller coasters, steel roller coasters, and extreme machienes. It also has great pictures. Take my advice, this book is great!
For a wide audience of those young at heart December 6, 2002
Roller Coaster is colorful and informative history of roller coasters by Robert Coker covers early models in an introductory chapter than focuses on the heart of the topic: innovations in roller coaster models and modern coaster innovations. The colorful coverage provides a solid, appealing leisure read which should attract a wide audience of those young at heart.
 yet another romp into the thrill world of coasters September 19, 2002
This book is basically another in a long line of coaster thrill books designed to prolong the excitement of riding these amusement park behemoths. This latest book is tastefully done and includes the requisite history with lots of familiar and some rediscovered photos and prints of old timers. A few of the newer beasts are included with enticing views of riders being turned in spine tingling directions. Coker's text is well written. This book has enough new stuff to warrant it's inclusion in your coaster book library.
Great rollercoaster book September 11, 2002
This book is great.It tells really well about the rollercoaster itself and great pictures.(TWO THUMBS UP)
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