LEADER 00000cam 22004458i 4500 001 on1122798557 003 OCoLC 005 20200713050721.0 008 200410s2020 nyua 000 0 eng 010 2020011878 020 9780143134510|q(trade paperback) 020 0143134515|q(trade paperback) 020 |z9780525506294|q(ebook) 035 (OCoLC)1122798557 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dOCLCO|dOCLCF|dOPW 042 pcc 043 n-us-nj 049 CKEA 050 00 GV1853.3.N52|bA476 2020 082 00 791.06/874976|223 100 1 Mulvihill, Andy,|eauthor. 245 10 Action Park :|bfast times, wild rides, and the untold story of America's most dangerous amusement park /|cAndy Mulvihill with Jake Rossen. 264 1 New York :|bPenguin Books,|c2020. 300 342 pages :|billustrations ;|c21 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 520 "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"-- |cProvided by publisher. 648 7 1900-1999|2fast 650 0 Amusement parks|zNew Jersey. 650 7 Manners and customs.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01007815 651 0 New Jersey|xSocial life and customs|y20th century. 651 7 New Jersey.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01208379 655 7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 Rossen, Jake,|eauthor. 776 08 |iOnline version:|aMulvihill, Andy,|tAction park|dNew York : Penguin Books, 2020.|z9780525506294|w(DLC) 2020011879 994 C0|bCKE
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