The Amusement Park
900 Years of Thrills and Spills, and the Dreamers and Schemers Who Built Them
- Hardcover
432 pages
- Release Date
9 July 2019
Summary
Step right up! THE AMUSEMENT PARK is a rich, anecdotal history that begins nine centuries ago with the “pleasure gardens” of Europe and England and ends with the rise and fall and rise again of some of the most elaborate parks in the world. It’s a history told largely through the stories of the colorful, sometimes hedonistic characters who built them and features, among many, showmen like Joseph and Nicholas Schenck and Marcus Loew, railroad barons such as Andrew Mellon and Henry E. Hu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316416481 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0316416487 |
| Author: | Stephen M. Silverman |
| Publisher: | Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 9 July 2019 |
| Weight: | 1.30kg |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 178mm x 38mm |
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Critics Review
”[The Amusement Park] is stunningly writ-ten while being both entertaining and vastly informative…. A must for any-one with interest in the business of fun.”
–Tim Baldwin, Amusement Today
”[The Amusement Park is] rich with anecdotes that complement its easy-to-read style; truly this book is suggested for those who have a strong interest in the subject as well as for those interested in American recreational culture of the 19th and 20th centuries… This ambitious project could possibly be considered the definitive work on the history of what is considered today the Amusement Park.“–Boston City Paper
“A vivid – often ardent – history… A legitimate way to study American cultural and social history… Even in this digital age, it seems, there’s a craving for communal diversion, and for gathering agog crowds before a shared spectacle.”–Wall Street Journal
“Compelling.”–New York Post
“Spectacular…lavishly illustrated, deeply researched and widely enjoyable.”–Chicago Tribune
“Starting with the Middle Ages, Silverman traces the path from European ‘pleasure gardens’ to Universal Studios, profiling the colorful characters who created amusement parks and the rides that drew customers.”–Publishers Weekly, Spring Announcements feature
“The most fascinating part of the book is the schemers and dreamers who made [the parks] all become reality all the way back to the Venice ferris wheel, to P.T. Barnum, Walt Disney and to the latest from Universal Studios, Disney and Six Flags… It’s a perfect summer book.”–Provokr
About The Author
Stephen M. Silverman
Stephen M. Silverman is a twenty-year veteran of Time Inc. and was the founding editor of People.com. He is the author of The Catskills: It’s History and How It Changed America among many others. His work has appeared in Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, The New York Times, The Times (London), Vogue, and The Washington Post. He lives in New York City.
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