Kennywood

Author : David P. Hahner
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738535630
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kennywood written by David P. Hahner and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a century, Kennywood has been the Pittsburgh area's playground. Founded in 1898 at the terminus of the Monongahela Street Railway trolley line, the park quickly grew into a favorite summertime destination. Kennywood is unique in that it is one of the country's few successful trolley parks. In 1987, Kennywood was designated a National Historic Landmark and is known today as America's Finest Traditional Amusement Park. Many unique rides and attractions have distinguished Kennywood over the years. Some old favorites, such as the Rockets, Laff in the Dark, Ghost Ship, and Skooters, are long gone. Others, such as the Old Mill, Noah's Ark, Auto Race, Turtle, Whip, and Grand Carousel, still entertain guests today. Kennywood is perhaps best known for its impressive collection of roller coasters, from earlier coasters such as the Figure Eight, Speed-O-Plane, and Pippin to the Racer, Jack Rabbit, Thunderbolt, and Phantom's Revenge coasters that still thrill riders today.

Author : Charles J. Jacques
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780961439248
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book More Kennywood Memories written by Charles J. Jacques and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Chris Preksta
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0142181722
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pittsburgh Dad written by Chris Preksta and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Pittsburgh Dad debuted on YouTube, creators Chris Preksta and Curt Wootton little suspected their sitcom would receive more than sixteen million views and turn their blue-collar everyman into a nationally known figure. Illustrated with hilarious black-and-white photos, Pittsburgh Dad shares the best of the best, from rants about swimming pool rules to reflections on coaching little league to curmudgeonly movie reviews. With its heavy dose of nostalgia and pitch-perfect sensibility, Pittsburgh Dad will have readers laughing in recognition, especially those who love recent blockbusters like Sh*t My Dad Says and Dad Is Fat.

Author : Jennifer Sopko
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467119547
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Idlewild: History and Memories of Pennsylvania's Oldest Amusement Park written by Jennifer Sopko and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Idlewild and SoakZone has charmed people across Western Pennsylvania and beyond since the late 1800s. The park was developed by Pittsburgh's Mellon family as a picnic grove to boost traffic on the Ligonier Valley Rail Road. When C.C. Macdonald took the helm in 1931, rides, entertainment and other attractions came to Idlewild over the next half century, along with the adjacent Story Book Forest. After joining the Kennywood family of amusement parks, Idlewild added a Wild West town, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood of Make-Believe and a water slide complex. Author Jennifer Sopko tells the heartwarming history of a Pennsylvania amusement park that continues to delight generations of families.

Author : Jim Futrell
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811726719
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amusement Parks of Pennsylvania written by Jim Futrell and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to 13 parks in the state, complete with information on rides and attractions. Packed with vintage postcard images and photos.

Author : Charles J. Jacques
Publisher : Charles Jacques Jr
ISBN 13 : 9780911572247
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kennywood--roller Coaster Capital of the World written by Charles J. Jacques and published by Charles Jacques Jr. This book was released on 1982 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gloria Skurzynski
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780613004701
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Good-Bye, Billy Radish written by Gloria Skurzynski and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the poignant story of the friendship between two boys, Hank Kerner and Bazyli Radichevych, called Billy Radish, set in the steel town of Canaan, Pennsylvania, in 1917. Thge boys are very different, for while Hank considers himself all-American, Billy is a Ukrainian immigrant straddling two cultures. As World War I rages overseas, both boys are faced with some difficult questions.

Author : Dale Samuelson
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 0760309817
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Amusement Park written by Dale Samuelson and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2001 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photographic retrospective covers more than 100 years of images from the history of the American amusement park.

Author : Kelly Gunzenhauser
Publisher : Key Education Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1602689407
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Make Writing Exciting, Grades 3 - 4 written by Kelly Gunzenhauser and published by Key Education Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Write on! Write with special-education students in grades 3–4 using Make Writing Exciting! This 160-page book uses step-by-step creative ways to teach and evaluate students' writing skills. It introduces genres of writing in an order that makes sense—with one skill building upon another—or lessons can be incorporated into an existing curriculum. The book also includes a section on how to help struggling writers and students with special needs learn various writing skills. The book supports NCTE standards.

Author : Scott A. Lukas
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1861896921
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theme Park written by Scott A. Lukas and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theme parks are a uniquely interactive and enduring form of entertainment that have influenced architecture, technology, and culture in surprising ways for more than a century, as Scott Lukas now reveals in his compelling historical chronicle. Theme Park takes the primitive amusements of pleasure gardens as its starting point and launches from there into a rich, in-depth investigation of the evolution of the theme park over the twentieth century. Lukas examines theme parks in countries around the world—including in the United States, Mexico, Europe, Japan, China, South Africa, and Australia—and how themed fairs and parks developed through diverse means and in a variety of settings. The book examines world-famous and lesser-known parks, including the early parks of Coney Island; Madrid’s Movieworld; a series of World Fairs and their luxurious exhibition halls; Six Flags parks and virtual theme parks today; and, of course, the unparalleled achievements of Disneyland and Disney World. Lukas analyzes the theme park as a living entity that unexpectedly shapes people, their relationships, and the world around them. Theme parks have now become complex representations of the human mind itself, he contends, through its interpretations of books, feature films, video games, and Web sites. Ultimately, Theme Park reveals, the wider influence of theme parks can be found in the shopping malls, branded stores, and casinos that employ the tricks and techniques of amusement parks to dominate our entertainment world today. Packed with captivating illustrations, Theme Park takes us on historical roller coaster ride that both reanimates the places that shaped our childhoods and anticipates the future of escapism and fantasy fun.