Download or read book The Doomed Amusement Park Abandoned Amusement Parks paired Combo written by and published by . This book was released on 2017-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Doomed Amusement Park written by Michael Teitelbaum and published by Bearport Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trapped in an amusement park fun house, a fire raging, and no way out . . . Leo told himself it was just a scary dream and that was all! But was it? Or was it a warning of something to come? Leo was about to learn that sometimes, dreams are born out of real, live nightmares!
Download or read book Abandoned Amusement Parks written by Dinah Williams and published by Bearport Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is something both sad and creepy about an abandoned amusement park. Perhaps it’s because a place that was once packed with fun seekers has become slowly choked with weeds. Or maybe it’s because the sound of kids’ excited laughter has been replaced with the quiet creaking of rusted rides. When the only visitors are the spirits of those who died there long ago, an amusement park can be a scary place to visit. Among the 11 amusement parks in this book, children will discover a roller coaster left to rot after nearly killing its passengers, a theme park that is now home to alligators and snakes, and the ghost of a man who is still trying to take a ride on a Ferris wheel that stopped working years ago. The haunting photographs and chilling nonfiction text will keep children turning the pages to discover more spooky stories.
Download or read book Haunted Amusement Parks written by Rachel Anne Cantor and published by Bearport Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The old amusement park has been deserted for years. Thick vines surround a roller coaster track. The glass eyes of the horses on a merry-go-round stare off into the dark night. There’s a low creaking sound. Is it the wind pushing the rusted swing ride, or is it something else? Get ready to read four frightening stories about haunted amusement parks. This 24-page book features controlled, narrative nonfiction text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. The colorful design and spooky art in the book will engage and terrify emergent readers.
Download or read book Coaster of Death written by Leah Kaminski and published by A Haunted History. This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amusement parks are a place of excited laughter and thrill seekers. Now abandoned and overgrown, explore Lincoln Park and its most terrifying ride.
Download or read book Action Park written by Andy Mulvihill and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Citizen Kane does Adventureland." —The Washington Post The outlandish, hilarious, terrifying, and almost impossible-to-believe story of the legendary, dangerous amusement park where millions were entertained and almost as many bruises were sustained, told through the eyes of the founder's son. Often called "Accident Park," "Class Action Park," or "Traction Park," Action Park was an American icon. Entertaining more than a million people a year in the 1980s, the New Jersey-based amusement playland placed no limits on danger or fun, a monument to the anything-goes spirit of the era that left guests in control of their own adventures--sometimes with tragic results. Though it closed its doors in 1996 after nearly twenty years, it has remained a subject of constant fascination ever since, an establishment completely anathema to our modern culture of rules and safety. Action Park is the first-ever unvarnished look at the history of this DIY Disneyland, as seen through the eyes of Andy Mulvihill, the son of the park's idiosyncratic founder, Gene Mulvihill. From his early days testing precarious rides to working his way up to chief lifeguard of the infamous Wave Pool to later helping run the whole park, Andy's story is equal parts hilarious and moving, chronicling the life and death of a uniquely American attraction, a wet and wild 1980s adolescence, and a son's struggle to understand his father's quixotic quest to become the Walt Disney of New Jersey. Packing in all of the excitement of a day at Action Park, this is destined to be one of the most unforgettable memoirs of the year.
Download or read book Abandoned written by Seph Lawless and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Huffington Post called him “a master of the abandoned”—and for good reason. The “artivist” known only as Seph Lawless has spent the last ten years photo-documenting the America that was left behind in the throes of economic instability and overall decline—decrepit shopping malls, houses, factories, even amusement parks. Through nearly two hundred gorgeous and elegiac photographs, Abandoned details Lawless’s journey into what was once the very heart of American entertainment: the amusement park. Lawless visits deserted parks across the country, capturing in stark detail their dilapidated state, natural overgrowth, and obvious duality of sad and playful symbolism. Previously self-published as Bizarro, this updated edition of Lawless’s photographic tribute to decaying American amusement parks contains new content and a new foreword. For the first time, the famed photojournalist Seph Lawless makes his moving work available in a stunning trade edition.
Download or read book The Amusement Park written by Stephen M. Silverman and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the electrifying, never-before-told true story of amusement parks, from the middle ages to present day, and meet the colorful (and sometimes criminal) characters who are responsible for their enchanting charms. Step right up! The Amusement Park is a rich, anecdotal history that begins nine centuries ago with the "pleasure gardens" of Europe and England and ends with the most elaborate modern parks in the world. It's a history told largely through the stories of the colorful, sometimes hedonistic characters who built them, including: Showmen like Joseph and Nicholas Schenck and Marcus Loew DIV 0pt? 0in MARGIN:Railroad barons Andrew Mellon and Henry E. Huntington/div DIV 0pt? 0in MARGIN:The men who ultimately destroyed the parks, including Robert Moses and Fred Trump/div DIV 0pt? 0in MARGIN:Gifted artisans and craft-people who brought the parks to life/div DIV 0pt? 0in MARGIN:An amazing cast of supporting players, from Al Capone to Annie Oakley/div And, of course, this is a full-throttle celebration of the rides, those marvels of engineering and heart-stopping thrills from an author, Stephen Silverman, whose life-long passion for his subject shines through. The parks and fairs featured include the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Coney Island, Steeplechase Park, Dreamland, Euclid Beach Park, Cedar Point, Palisades Park, Ferrari World, Dollywood, Sea World, Six Flags Great Adventure, Universal Studios, Disney World and Disneyland, and many more.
Download or read book Planet Doom written by Anne E. Schraff and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For use in schools and libraries only. Two teens are trapped by a strange old man in a mysterious, half-ruined amusement park and must confront the history of his son's failed baseball career.
Download or read book Life s Amusement Park written by S. Finelli and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the amusement park! You've been given free admission to a great adventure! Your ticket is your life. This pass allows you to visit any of the attractions. You may linger at the gate and observe only briefly. Eventually, you will enter. There is much to see and do during your visit. The rides you select depend on you. Stay on; come off; choose another. How long you spend at each attraction is your decision. Others will be at the park with you and offer their advice. Watch, listen, and learn, but ultimately, you will create your own experience. Choose wisely, for this is the ride of your life!
Download or read book Amazing Amusement Park Stories written by Nathaniel Tolle and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-12 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Put Down the Pixie Dust and Step Away from the Mouse! The stuff that's NOT supposed to happen at amusement parks is often more AMAZING than the stuff that does. Death and dismemberment. World records and walks of shame. Civil rights and creepy rides. Melees and marriages. Sex, cockroaches, evangelists-you won't believe your eyes!
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.
Download or read book Amusement Park written by Robert Stuart Nathan and published by New English Library. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Amusement Park 9 1 1 written by Kermit Gonzalo and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's amusement parks have seen it all; deaths, dismemberment, shootings, stabbings, sex crimes, animal attacks and some down right crazy behavior. The amusement park industry claims your trip to an amusement park is one of the safest forms of entertainment in the country. Industry statistics state the odds of being severely injured on an amusement ride are 1 in 24 million; the chances of being killed on one are 1 in 750 million. However, if you are that one, your accident is likely catastrophic and devastating. Amusement Park 9-1-1 reveals the stories the amusement park industry doesn't want you to hear. Stories that may have you thinking twice when you're standing in line ready to board a thrill ride. • Do you know the federal government doesn't regulate the biggest names in the amusement park industry? • Do you know that Universal Studios, Orlando, actually claims their park is in an “Urban High-Crime Area”? • How did a roller coaster rider at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter go blind? Tragically, it had nothing to do with wizardry. • Is SeaWorld a prime target for terrorists? According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the park could be. • What do a church group, a bronze medal winning Olympic athlete, and a group of librarians all have in common? They claimed Six Flags Magic Mountain discriminated against them due to their race. • What NFL prospect took a 35-foot drop from a gondola ride at Busch Gardens and lived to tell about it? • Ever hear the old saying, “Bad things happen in threes”? In one evening, three people died at the largest amusement park in the mid-west. Strap on your seat belt and pull down the lap bar. These stories and many more are featured in Amusement Park 9-1-1, when thrill rides become kill rides.
Download or read book Amusement Park Accidents written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 101. Chapters: Liseberg, Kennywood, Six Flags Great Adventure, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Incidents at Walt Disney World Resort, Pleasure Beach Blackpool, Incidents at Six Flags parks, Incidents at European parks, Oakwood Theme Park, Haunted Castle, Incidents at independent parks, Incidents at Disneyland Resort, Incidents at Cedar Fair parks, Six Flags Over Georgia, California's Great America, Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, Six Flags New Orleans, Lightwater Valley, Pleasureland Southport, Darien Lake, Incidents at SeaWorld parks, Camelot Theme Park, 1979 Sydney Ghost Train fire, PortAventura, Tilikum, Magic Springs and Crystal Falls, Revenge of the Mummy, Xcelerator, E.T. Adventure, Legoland Billund, Montezooma's Revenge, Discovery Cove, Bell's Amusement Park, Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin, The Incredible Hulk Coaster, Incidents at PARC Management parks, Superman - Ride of Steel, Loudoun Castle, Sealand of the Pacific, Incidents at Herschend parks, Tivoli Friheden, Old Indiana Fun Park, Incidents at Universal parks, Incidents at Tokyo Disney Resort, Krug Park, Incidents at Disneyland Paris, Pony Express, Expoland, Gulliver's Land, Gulliver's World, Incidents at Disney parks. Excerpt: Kennywood is an amusement park located in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. The park first opened in 1898 as a "trolley park" at the end of the Monongahela Street Railway. The park was purchased in 1906 by F. W. Henninger and Andrew McSwigan and thus began the Kennywood Entertainment company that has remained a closely held family business for over 100 years. This traditional amusement park still has structures and rides dating back to its opening and the early 1900s. Along with Rye Playland Park, it is one of only two amusement parks listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Kennywood is owned by Kennywood...
Download or read book The Thrills and Chills of Amusement Parks written by Jordan D. Brown and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the science of amusement park rides.
Download or read book Dark Rides in the Sunshine written by Richard Carradine and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many believe that the amusement parks of Southern California are very haunted. For the first time ever, their spooky tales have been collected in one book. Read these ghost stories, and decide for yourself. The book features the phantom folklore of 13 regional theme parks that can be visited along with paranormal accounts from 13 no longer operating amusement parks from the past. Plus, much more. If you like strange history, visiting amusement parks, and reading about ghosts, this is the book for you.
