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Title: Inside the Live Reptile Tent: The Twilight World of Carnival Midway by Jeffrey T. Brouws, Jeff Brouws, Bruce Reid Caron ISBN: 0-8118-2824-7 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: April, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Step Right Up, Folks!
Comment: Carnival fans and amusement park historians alike will delight in the many beautiful images of a dying breed - the small travelling carnival and family owned amusement parks. Mr. Brouws takes us up close and behind the scenes, and the many nighttime photos of the midway's dazzling lights are worth the price of admission alone. Mr. Caron's colorful commentary is definitely not your usually tepid "guided tours" that so many other amusement industry books offer, with wild insights and historic tidbits that are sure to amuse. Many never before seen photos appear from other photographers personal archives, bringing a rich sense of tradition to the subject at hand.
The final chapter is dedicated to San Francisco's Playland. Mr. Brouws takes a look back at the Playland of his childhood, echoing sentiments from any of us who have spent their afternoons strolling along those tawdry but always fascinating midways of yesterday. We see the peeling paint, the crooked games with cheap prizes, the worn out rides and run-down fun house. But we also realize why these places captivated us, the simple, carefree fun these places held for us for just a few days each summer. The few photos he did take (with his first camera) before the park disappeared combine with his childhood tales to add the perfect epilogue to this colorful story.
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Title: Readymades: American Roadside Artifacts by Jeff Brouws ISBN: 0811836770 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Monsters: Human Freaks in America's Gilded Age: The Photographs of Chas Eisenmann by Chas. Eisenmann, Michael Mitchell, Charles Eisenmann ISBN: 1550225324 Publisher: ECW Press Pub. Date: 31 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Lost America: The Abandoned Roadside West by Troy Paiva, Stan Ridgway ISBN: 076031490X Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Side Show: My Life With Geeks, Freaks & Vagabonds in the Carny Trade by Howard Bone, Daniel Waldron, Teller ISBN: 0941543285 Publisher: Sun Dog Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Wild, Weird, and Wonderful: The American Circus Circa 1910 as seen by F. W. Glasier by Mark Sloan, F. W. Glasier, Timothy Tegge ISBN: 0971454841 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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