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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wilk, Stephen R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : Bright Leaf, an imprint of University of Massachusetts Press, [2020]
Subjects:
1900-1999
HISTORY > General.
Manners and customs.
Wonderland (Revere, Mass.) > History.
Boston (Mass.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Massachusetts > Boston.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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