Coney Island: Lost and Found
by Charles Denson
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Author: Charles DensonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-03-01
ISBN: 1580084559
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
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Book Review: This book is just incredible!
Summary: 5 Stars
Previous generations of my family did some growing up at Coney. My sister goes there. But I moved out west early on and only heard the stories retold of my Great-Uncle Frank taking my dad on the parachute ride. Coney is an American legend and Denson, I must state, is also soon to be legend. Denson not only took many of the book's photos as an eight year old boy or an eightenn year old boy or a thiry-eight year old man, but he also is somehow able to transport us right into his childhood experiences in Coney as if it is happening to us. I actually felt the world of a Coney kid, falling in love with one of the thrill ride's maniquins, only to see her "changed" the next carnival season into a ghoul! I wittnessed the elevator doors to his tenament open, only to find twelve year old Charlie and his friends in there sitting around a table, having quickly furnished the elevator. They offer you a piece of cake as a kid's prank. He tells of the world of Al the ice cream man, the chamber of commerce saint Bill Nickelson and all the other people populating his childhood. There were the park owners and their effects on the community and the toy store salesman, Coopey. But its not only the people that are brought to life, but the buildings and the rides. They all are alive for Denson and he is able to hand you his well earned enthisiasm, understanding and love for this place. First hand interviews with the very men and women who ran the rides and ran in this world make it all so personal. Here is a book that also not only traces the early history of the island from Native times, dismissing old misstatements in all the other histories of Coney Island, but it also documents Coney's long term evolution and the very trejectory of the place. There is so much love in this book, I am in awe. There is so much understanding in this book, I am sobered and awakened. There is so much fun in this book, I am glad I read it.
When you find a rare experience like this book provides, you want to shout about it....to make sure everyone you know reads it.....so they can understand what you now newly understand. Its Coney Island, but it is really so much more. Do yourself a favor, GET THIS BOOK RIGHT AWAY!
Summary of Coney Island: Lost and Found
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.?ΔΆ Features 300 color and black-and-white photographs, including many never-before-published images.?ΔΆ Detailed hand-drawn maps trace a century of amusement park history.?ΔΆ Includes posters, programs, and tickets from past and present.Reviews"Evocative."-Newark Star-LedgerRecommended in "New York Bookshelf, Nonfiction" -New York Times"Charles Denson traces CONEY ISLAND . . . in all its glory." -Birmingham News"[A] crisply researched and tenderly rendered love letter." - St. Petersburg Times"Many delightful details assembled in the thoughtful and handsome" volume." -San Francisco Chronicle"Denson'¬?s CONEY ISLAND is a well-researched, passionate account of his neighborhood's decline and rebirth is an invaluable addition . . . to American history." -New York'¬?s City LimitsState & Local Books
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