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Roller Coasters : Amusement Parks
Amusment park histories, guide books and information.
There are 18 items in this category
Good Old Coney Island Author: Edo McCullough, Brian J. Cudahy (Introduction), Michael P. Onorato (Epilogue) Publisher: Fordham University Press; (January 2000)
A Sentimental Journey into the Past: The Most Rambunctious, Scandalous, Rapscallion, Splendiferous, Pugnacious, Spectacular, Illustrious, Prodigious
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Authors Martin and Laura Kane have compiled over two hundred photographs from the Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum??ßextensive archives and numerous private collections. Relive the days when big bands, beauty pageants, Nickel Nights, Kiddieland, and the boardwalk brought thousands each day to Bertrand Island Park. Return to one of New Jersey??ßmost beloved attractions in Greetings From Bertrand Island Amusement Park.
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What's that? You're interested in learning about Hersheypark's past and present? Well, this book has it all! Jam packed with photos and descriptions of rides, landscape, and people, this book will keep you entertained for hours! Do yourself a favor, buy this book! You will not regret it!
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Charles J. Jacques, Jr. was born and raised in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania. After attending public schools there, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from the Pennsylvania State University majoring in history. He received a Juris Doctors degree from the University of Pittsburgh's law school and was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1965.
Jacques has always been interested in history and in 1979 he became the editor of this country's leading magazine on amusement parks, AMUSEMENT PARK JOURNAL. He has written numerous articles on amusement park subjects for carousel, roller coaster, and amusement park industry publications. He has spoken at a number of roller coaster, carousel and amusement park conventions around the United States.
He lives with his wife, Mary Jane and their family in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania.
Jacques first visited Kennywood Park in the 1940's. He went with his family to the annual school picnics to the park through the 1950's. He again returned to Kennywood in the 1960's with his three children. Jacques started researching the history of Kennywood Park in 1976. He completed the book in 1982.
In you enjoyed this book, you will probably like many of the other interesting publications of the AMUSEMENT PARK JOURNAL including Mr. Jacques' book on GOODBYE, WEST VIEW PARK, GOODBYE.
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More Kennywood Memories Author: Charles J., Jr. Jacques, Karen Morrison (Designer), Carl O. Hughes (Preface) Publisher: Amusement Park Journal; (July 1998)
Kennywood, celebrathing its 100th birthday this year, has been part of the author's life for the better part of the last 50 years. Jacques is the park's unofficial historian. In 1982 he wrote Kennywood:Roller Coaster Capital of the World, which has sence sold some 23,000 copies. This summer he published his second books about Kennywood and the company's other parks: More Kennywood Memories. Jacques 58, grew up in nearby Natrona Heights, Pa., and first visited the park in 1947, but it was in the '70s that he became interested in Kennywood's history, along with the histories of other parks. His reserch involved hundreds of trips to Kennywood and sifting through old correspondence, conducting dozens of interviews, takening hundreds of pictures, reviewing company documents and photos. Jacques is an obessive researcher: the appendix to his new book notes that in 1932 the park's dance pavilion was remodeled, in 1940 it snowed on opening day, and this yer the Thunderbolt (coaster) got new headlights.
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