This comprehensive guide profiles 17 major amusement parks in the Garden State. Complete information on rides and attractions is accompanied by dozens of vintage photographs and postcard scenes. Featured parks: ù Steel Pier, Atlantic City ù Keansburg Amusement Park, Keansburg ù Clementon Amusement Park, Clementon ù Jenkinson's, Point Pleasant Beach ù Casino Pier, Seaside Heights ù Playland, Ocean City ù Bowcraft Amusement Park, Scotch Plains ù Land of Make Believe, Hope ù Storybookland, Cardiff ù Funtown Pier, Seaside Park ù Fairytale Forest, Oak Ridge ù Wild West City, Netcong ù Fantasy Island, Beach Haven ù Gillian's Wonderland Pier, Ocean City ù Morey's Piers, Wildwood ù Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson ù Blackbeards, Bayville
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Jim Futrell is a resident of Pittsburgh and historian of the National Amusement Park Historical Association. He is the author of Amusement Parks of Pennsylvania (0811726711).
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New Jersey, Steel Pier, Atlantic City, Casino Pier, New York, Six Flags Great Adventure, Coney Island, Morey's Piers, Keansburg Amusement Park, Ocean City, Storybook Land, Land of Make Believe, United States, Water Works, Clementon Amusement Park, Palisades Park, Asbury Park, Funtown Pier, Runaway Rapids, World War, Splash World, Wild Mouse, Gillian's Wonderland Pier, Luna Park, Playland's Castaway Cove New!
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New Jersey, Steel Pier, Atlantic City, Casino Pier, New York, Six Flags Great Adventure, Coney Island, Morey's Piers, Keansburg Amusement Park, Ocean City, Storybook Land, Land of Make Believe, United States, Water Works, Clementon Amusement Park, Palisades Park, Asbury Park, Funtown Pier, Runaway Rapids, World War, Splash World, Wild Mouse, Gillian's Wonderland Pier, Luna Park, Playland's Castaway Cove New!
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- Wild West (Headstart) by M Hill on page 39, and page 33
- Make Believe: A Novel by Joanna Scott on page 3, and page 79
- The Four Seasons (First Discovery Look-It-Up Board Book Series) by Gallimard Jeunesse on page 64, and page 58
- The American Amusement Park Industry: A History of Technology and Thrills (Twayne's Evolution of American Business Series) by Judith A. Adams in Back Matter
- Palisades Amusement Park (NJ) (Postcard History Series) by Vince Gargiulo in Back Matter
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