Coney Island: Lost and Found

Coney Island: Lost and Found
by Charles Denson

Coney Island: Lost and Found
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Author: Charles Denson
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-03-01
ISBN: 1580084559
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Ten Speed Press

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Book Review: For the Love of Coney Island
Summary: 5 Stars

Charlie Denson is a man who knows his Coney Island. He knows how to tell a story, too. You know a fine book when you can see, feel, even taste the author's complex relationship to the place, the people, the events of its times. Coney Island's complexity, its richness and texture, burrow in through word and picture. Going through each section is like going to a great feast of rich, piquant, savory, sweet and bitter just enough to know you've had a good sampling of something...and you want more. Don't miss this treat. If you are a history buff or simply a Coney Island nostalgic, if the image of a neighborhood's meteoric rise, fall and attempts at resurrection interest, when you want a book with intriguing portraits of people and iconic images you would recognize even if you'd never been there and gratefully if you have, buy this book for yourself and one for a friend or two. It's a good bet folks will come to their own stories about Coney Island or their own home "towns" with a look around Coney Island: Lost and Found. Poignant, funny, touching, but don't take my word for it: get the book!

Summary of Coney Island: Lost and Found

Coney Island: Lost and Found by Charles Denson

Growing up on Coney Island in the '50s and '60s, Charles Denson experienced legendary amusements and attractions like the Cyclone and Thunderbolt roller coasters, the Parachute Jump, and Steeplechase Park. In CONEY ISLAND: LOST AND FOUND, Denson gives us an insider's look at one of New York's best-known neighborhoods, weaving together memories of his childhood adventures with colorful stories of the area's past and interviews with local personalities, all brought to life by hundreds of photographs, detailed maps, and authentic memorabilia. CONEY ISLAND is a heartfelt chronicle that stretches from colonial times to the island's heyday in the early 20th century and through its subsequent decline and revival, culminating in the 2001 opening of the new ballpark that brought baseball back to Brooklyn.

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