The Kid of Coney Island

The Kid of Coney Island

By :"Woody Register"
Published on 2003-08-01 by Oxford University Press on Demand

Category :"Biography & Autobiography"

A portrait of the pioneering entrepreneur who designed and built Luna Park - which in 1903 transformed Coney Island into a respectable venue for middle-class recreation - and created the Hippodrome, the world's largest theater when it opened in 1905, filling it with lavish spectacles at affordable ticket prices. The author also explores the development of the idea of adult amusements in America during Thompson's day, and ours.


Lenght : 400

Language : en

This Book was ranked 33 by Google Books for keyword the kid

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