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Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America's Most Dangerous Amusement Park
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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.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Mulvihill, Andy
- ISBN: 9780143134510
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.00 x 0.80
- Number Of Pages: 352
- Publication Year: 2020
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l t. - 6 years 1 month agoI'm from New Jersey and this will take you there like no other book I have ever read!
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Fun Times and Wild Rides
Kamara M. - 6 years 2 months agoA great summer read, packed with hilarious true stories from the wild slopes of New Jersey. Well-written and truly engaging, it brings you back to the unregulated times of the 70's and 80's. Fun for all. The author, Andy Mulvihill, writes this as a tribute to his father Gene, who saw his dream through and knew how to have fun.