The Kid Of Coney Island

Author : Woody Register
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195167320
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kid of Coney Island written by Woody Register and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Janet Morgan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734702927
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coney Island Awakes written by Janet Morgan and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March of 2020 the Covid 19 quarantine in Brooklyn was extreme. For people without cars and wary of public transportation life was very limited. In August we finally started riding the subway again and going down to a quiet Coney Island was a real treat. All the rides sat silent for a whole year. The collection of fisherman, homeless people and locals felt like an odd post-apocalyptic community. Everyone was very chatty when we were drawing and I heard a lot of stories. And not only people told stories?. During its year of sleep, Coney Island nourished us.

Author : Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780811200417
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Coney Island of the Mind written by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1958 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-nine poems from the 1950's.

Author : Gary Heiden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781976437397
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roller Coaster Kids; Tales of 1960's Coney Island written by Gary Heiden and published by . This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Roller Coaster Kids; Tales of 1960's Coney Island" is a Brooklyn artist's coming of age memoir that chronicles the author's many wild experiences while growing up in the unique Brooklyn, New York neighborhood of Coney Island during the tumultuous decade of the 1960's. One outrageous Coney little rascal story follows another, from almost being emasculated in a friendly chicken fight, to how his 1st. grade classmate's friendship informed his views about the ongoing civil rights movement, to almost being kidnapped by a strange, very lazy old lady, to exploring an old Sea Gate mansion about to be demolished by a giant bulldozer. "Roller Coaster Kids, Tales of 1960's" reads like a Brooklyn, New York Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn adventure. By 1960, only one grand amusement park remained in Coney Island, George C. Tilyou's Steeplechase Park. Who better to tell this classic Brooklyn, Coney Island story than the author, who is very likely the last little rascal to go on a ride in the old Steeplechase Park before it was demolished. If you love Brooklyn, New York or just love stories about growing up in America, or you have a connection to the historic decade of the 1960's, and you enjoy zany, crazy wild rides.... then this book is for you. It's all about Brooklyn, the sights and smells, even the beloved rooftop pigeon coops and the whirring acrobatic flocks taking to the sky above Coney Island. FORGETTABOUTIT!

Author : Melanie Hope Greenberg
Publisher : Putnam Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mermaids on Parade written by Melanie Hope Greenberg and published by Putnam Adult. This book was released on 2008 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dressing up as a mermaid is even more fun when you get to be part of the Mermaid Parade! Every year at the beginning of summer, mermaids and Neptunes and creatures of the sea flock to Coney Island to dance and twirl and march in the annual Mermaid Parade! A highlight of the year, one little mermaid can't wait to put her costume on and join her parents as they take in the sights, sounds and smells of the fun-filled pageant. This year she is 'Little Mermaid Coming Out of Her Shell.' An annual artists' parade in New York City, the real Mermaid Parade provides the backdrop for an exciting time that every little diva is sure to enjoy!

Author : Darcy Frey
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618446711
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Shot written by Darcy Frey and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It ought to be just a game, but basketball on the playgrounds of Coney Island is much more than that -- for many young men it represents their only hope of escape from a life of crime, poverty, and despair. In The Last Shot, Darcy Frey chronicles the aspirations of four of the neighborhood's most promising players. What they have going for them is athletic talent, grace, and years of dedication. But working against them are woefully inadequate schooling, family circumstances that are often desperate, and the slick, brutal world of college athletic recruitment. Incisively and compassionately written, The Last Shot introduces us to unforgettable characters and takes us into their world with an intimacy seldom seen in contemporary journalism. The result is a startling and poignant expose of inner-city life and the big business of college basketball.

Author : Jessica Love
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536214310
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Julián Is a Mermaid written by Jessica Love and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle the world. While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train car. When Julián gets home, daydreaming of the magic he’s seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in his own fabulous mermaid costume: a butter-yellow curtain for his tail, the fronds of a potted fern for his headdress. But what will Abuela think about the mess he makes — and even more importantly, what will she think about how Julián sees himself? Mesmerizing and full of heart, Jessica Love’s author-illustrator debut is a jubilant picture of self-love and a radiant celebration of individuality.

Author : Tara Altebrando
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101515058
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dreamland Social Club written by Tara Altebrando and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane has traveled the world with her father and brother, but it's not until her fractured family-still silently suffering from the loss of Jane's mother many years before-inherits a house and a history in Coney Island that she finally begins to find a home. With the help of a new community of friends, a mermaid's secrets, and a tattooed love interest with traffic-stopping good looks, the once plain Jane begins to blossom and gains the courage to explore the secrets of her mother's past. Colorful characters, beautiful writing, and a vibrant, embattled beachfront backdrop make this the perfect summer read for anyone who has ever tried to find true love or a place to call home. Watch a Video

Author : Robin Jaffee Frank
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300189902
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coney Island written by Robin Jaffee Frank and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name organized by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut, and held there January 31-May 31, 2015; at the San Diego Museum of Art, Calif., July 11-October 13, 2015; at the Brooklyn Museum, N.Y., November 20, 2015-March 13, 2016; and at the McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Tex., May 11-September 11, 2016.

Author : Amram Ducovny
Publisher : Editions Denoël
ISBN 13 : 9782207251904
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coney Island Kid written by Amram Ducovny and published by Editions Denoël. This book was released on 2002 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coney Island Kid, c'est la truculente odyssée de Harry Catzker. Ses courses à bicyclette le long des quais à Brooklyn, défiant celles des paquebots, son job de releveur de paris clandestins, sa liaison avec Fifi qui l'initie au sexe mais aussi à la tendresse, autant d'évocations d'un quartier où les voyous et demi-sels côtoient les forains du gigantesque parc d'attractions. À la frontière de ces mondes interlopes, l'adolescent fantasque trouve souvent refuge dans la rêverie. Peut-être pour échapper à une famille hors norme : un père qui rédige un feuilleton involontairement désopilant dans le journal yiddish local, une mère belle et dépressive, une grand-mère polonaise et suicidaire. Sans doute pour fuir les sinistres nouvelles venant d'Europe, mais plus encore pour s'affranchir de la mafia qui gangrène sa communauté. Tantôt bouffon, tantôt méditatif, truffé de dialogues plus vrais que nature, Coney Island Kid est une chronique de l'année 1939 qui flotte entre rêve et menace. Dans un décor à la Weegee, où les hommes en feutre mou et flanelle tennis roulent en Packard, on retrouve chez Amram Ducovny l'univers d'Isaac Bashevis Singer et du Woody Allen de Radio Days.