Another Time, Another World: Coney Island Memoirs [Laser printed] [Paperback]

Michael Paul Onorato (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: California State Univ Fullerton (July 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0930046099
• ISBN-13: 978-0930046095
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,645,703 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A major disappointment, January 22, 1998

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This review is from: Another Time, Another World: Coney Island Memoirs (Paperback)

I had anxiously awaited receiving "Another Time, Another World: Coney Island Memories", and I am bitterly disappointed. It is a "vanity press" style of publication, nothing more than a photocopy on quality paper with a generic hard cover. Illustrations are few and far between and are copies of copies. The text is primarily a transcript of an interview about what it was like to work at Coney Island. For $45.00 I was expecting a well-done book portraying the history of Coney Island. Instead it is a grouping of interviews and a few newspaper photocopies. This is one example where I would never have bought the book had I seen it in person.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The inside story of Coney Island, September 24, 1998

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This review is from: Another Time, Another World: Coney Island Memoirs (Paperback)

This book is for readers who have a serious interest in Coney Island history. It contains telling interviews with Coney insiders who describe in great detail how Coney Island was run during the final days of Steeplechase Park, the last of the great Victorian amusement parks. The author's father managed the park, and his story is informative and poignant and reveals the real reason for the the decline of Coney Island. If you are looking for a thoughtful history, and not just pretty pictures, then this is the book to read.