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Lost Wonderland : the brief and brilliant life of Boston's million dollar amusement park /

"If you take Boston's Blue Line to its northern end, you'll reach the Wonderland stop. Few realize that a twenty-three-acre amusement park once sat nearby-the largest in New England, and grander than any of the Coney Island parks that inspired it. Opened in Revere on Memorial Day in 1...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wilk, Stephen R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : Bright Leaf, an imprint of University of Massachusetts Press, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Opening Day and Background -- Chapter 2. The Boulanger of Wonderland -- Chapter 3. Year One-1906: (The Northern Half of the Park) -- Chapter 4. Year One-1906: (The Southern Half of the Park) -- Chapter 5. The Rise and Fall of Floyd C. Thompson -- Chapter 6. Year Two-1907 -- Chapter 7. Year Three-1908 -- Chapter 8. Year Four-1909 -- Chapter 9. Finale-1910 -- Chapter 10. After the Ball Was Over-1911 and Beyond -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover 
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