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Book Reviews of The Kid of Coney Island: Fred Thompson and the Rise of American Amusements

The Kid of Coney Island: Fred Thompson and the Rise of American Amusements
The Kid of Coney Island Fred Thompson and the Rise of American Amusements
Author: Woody Register
ISBN-13: 9780195167320
ISBN-10: 0195167325
Publication Date: 7/18/2003
Pages: 416
Rating:
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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rgherndon avatar reviewed The Kid of Coney Island: Fred Thompson and the Rise of American Amusements on + 10 more book reviews
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.