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Kid of Coney Island: Fred Thompson and the Rise of American Amusements
Kid of Coney Island Fred Thompson and the Rise of American Amusements
Author: Woody Register
A generation before Walt Disney, Fred Thompson was the "boy-wonder" of American popular amusements. At the turn of the 20th century, Thompson's entrepreneurial drive made him into an entertainment mogul who helped to define the popular culture of his day. In this lively biography, cultural historian Woody Register tells the remarkable story of T...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781422350683
ISBN-10: 1422350681
Publication Date: 1/1/2001
Pages: 400
Edition: 1ST
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Publisher: Oxford Univ. Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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I'm only about 1/3 of the way through this and I'm enjoying the story/narrative. However, it's evident that Mr. Register is an academic and writes with a somewhat pretentious sociological vocabulary, if you see what I mean. Slogging through.

Completed reading after about 6 weeks--notice lots of tangential information, perhaps there's not enough to Thompson's life story for an entire book? But most are relevant and interesting, just have almost nothing to do with Thompson. Not much about Coney itself--apparently Thompson was only involved at the very beginning of Luna Park.