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Six Flags Over Georgia (Images of America)

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Tim Hollis, an Alabama native, beat me to it. He has compiled the photos I saught, wrote the facts that I too learned in my studies, and recalls the physical body that became the world famous theme park that it today.

Remember when going to Six Flags Atlanta was like planning a vacation? Remember how a day at the park some how fancied all of your senses (the scent of thick black tar that covered the Lickskillet section in the rear gated section.. oh how that smell recalls the presence of the Spindle Top and Drunken Barrel rides)? If you don't remember, Hollis will bring it all back. He captures illustrations of former employees, park characters, vintage rides, and many park landscapes that are still prevalent today (for example, the waiting station for the Wheel Barrow that is now the waiting station for the Wheelie). However, it isn't just the photographs that makes this book so rich; it is the details behind the history of the park and attractions that we didn't know that is so engaging. Each photograph not only tells it's own story, Hollis' invaluable commentary supporting each picture is brilliant.

Before I read SFOG, I had classified myself as an expert in this field of amusement. However, Hollis gets to the core and peels off the layers, year by year, highlighting the attractions that have been forgotten (Sky Hook, Satellite Rides, Mo Mo the Monster) while providing enough trivia to keep the reader engaged from page to page. Today I am thankful that Hollis set me straight and wrote the book that I wanted to write, yet lacked the resources to write.

A wonderful black-n-white artifact collection bound into one book. Finally, someone tells the story of Six Flags over GA and they tell it the way it was meant to be told.

Wow! the tar smell in lickskillet as the previous reviewer described it, truly brings back memories. I love remembering the old attractions that are no longer there:
Momo the Monster
The 2nd log flume
Chevy Show
Tales of the okeefenokee
Jean Ribault's River Adventure
Drunken Barrells
Spindle top
Flying Dutchman & Jolly Roger Island
and particularly THE HORROR CAVE!

If anyone has any specific memories about the horror cave or old SFOG attractions in general, contact me. I love to talk about it!

This is great book with tremedous insights into this particular theme park! Great photos abound with an interesting text! This is a fantastic reminder of one of the south's most beautiful theme parks! If you want to take a stroll back in time to remember this park as it was in its earlier days, then this book is for you!

I love this book, and I've also ordered 2 more for gifts! It has all the old rides and pictures of almost all of the scenes from the Okeefenokee. It's also a great coffee table book, because everyone loves to look at it. The only thing that I remember about Six Flags as a child that is not in this book is the employees that rode around on roller skates with the little broom and dust bin picking up trash--that's what I wanted to be when I grew up!