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- From: wjf@controls.ccd.harris.com (Bill Figie)
- Subject: Re: Roller Coaster Book Worth Reading?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.142131.14216@ccd.harris.com>
- Originator: wjf@rs2
- Sender: wjf@controls (Bill Figie)
- Organization: Harris Controls
- References: <1dpnrhINN2h5@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 14:21:31 GMT
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- In article <1dpnrhINN2h5@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, mac18@po.CWRU.Edu
- (Michael A. Cornell) writes:
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- |> Today I was browsing around my school's library network, and I saw
- |> that they had but one book on Roller Coasters =(. 1.5 million
- |> volumes and only ONE COASTER BOOK! It was called "The Incredible
- |> Scream Machine : A history of the roller coaster". It's an '87
- |> book, so it's not that out of date. Just wondering if it's worth
- |> the trip down to the library to find this book.
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- If it is the book I am thinking of, it is a rather thin book of
- probably only 100 pages. It seems to have been written mainly for
- younger people (maybe ages 10-14). What I mean by that is that it
- really doesn't get very deep into the subject. I think it was written
- by some woman (used to be a member of ACE at least at one time). Do
- you know the authors name. I have a copy of it at home and I will try
- and remember to look it up in the next couple days. It is really not
- that bad of a book and to the best of my knowledge it was accurate.
- Try looking up Amusement Parks in you library. A real good book to
- get your hands on is called the Great American Amusement Park by Gary
- Kyriazi. It is a rather old book (over 10 years old) but is still
- full of great pictures and information about the history of old and
- some new parks.
-
- Bill "any book on roller coasters is good to read" Figie
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