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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 
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050 00 GV1853.3.N52|bA476 2020 
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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 
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