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Superman
The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero
Written by Larry Tye
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $17.00
Seventy-five years after he came to life, Superman remains one of America’s most adored and enduring heroes. Now Larry Tye, the prize-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of Satchel, has written the first full-fledged history not just of the Man of Steel but of the creators, designers, owners, and... Read more >
The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero
Written by Larry Tye
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $17.00
Seventy-five years after he came to life, Superman remains one of America’s most adored and enduring heroes. Now Larry Tye, the prize-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of Satchel, has written the first full-fledged history not just of the Man of Steel but of the creators, designers, owners, and... Read more >
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Moment of Battle
The Twenty Clashes That Changed the World
Written by Jim Lacey and Williamson Murray
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $30.00
Two modern masters of military history make their case for the twenty most pivotal battles of all time, in a riveting trip through the ages to those moments when the fate of the world hung in the balance.
In the grand tradition of Edward Creasy’s classic Fifteen Decisive Battles of... Read more >
The Twenty Clashes That Changed the World
Written by Jim Lacey and Williamson Murray
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $30.00
Two modern masters of military history make their case for the twenty most pivotal battles of all time, in a riveting trip through the ages to those moments when the fate of the world hung in the balance.
In the grand tradition of Edward Creasy’s classic Fifteen Decisive Battles of... Read more >
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City of Fortune
How Venice Ruled the Seas
Written by Roger Crowley
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.00
“The rise and fall of Venice’s empire is an irresistible story and [Roger] Crowley, with his rousing descriptive gifts and scholarly attention to detail, is its perfect chronicler.”—The Financial Times
The New York Times bestselling author of Empires of the Sea charts Venice’s astounding five-hundred-year voyage to the pinnacle of... Read more >
How Venice Ruled the Seas
Written by Roger Crowley
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.00
“The rise and fall of Venice’s empire is an irresistible story and [Roger] Crowley, with his rousing descriptive gifts and scholarly attention to detail, is its perfect chronicler.”—The Financial Times
The New York Times bestselling author of Empires of the Sea charts Venice’s astounding five-hundred-year voyage to the pinnacle of... Read more >
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Eat the City
A Tale of the Fishers, Foragers, Butchers, Farmers, Poultry Minders, Sugar Refiners, Cane Cutters, Beekeepers, Winemakers, and Brewers Who Built New York
Written by Robin Shulman
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.00
New York, the city of money, glass, and concrete, seems like no kind of place to produce food. Yet in this smart, funny, and beautifully written book, Robin Shulman places today's urban food production in the context of hundreds of years of history, tracing the changing ways we live and eat. As... Read more >
A Tale of the Fishers, Foragers, Butchers, Farmers, Poultry Minders, Sugar Refiners, Cane Cutters, Beekeepers, Winemakers, and Brewers Who Built New York
Written by Robin Shulman
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.00
New York, the city of money, glass, and concrete, seems like no kind of place to produce food. Yet in this smart, funny, and beautifully written book, Robin Shulman places today's urban food production in the context of hundreds of years of history, tracing the changing ways we live and eat. As... Read more >
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Between Giants: The Battle for the Baltics in World War II
Written by Prit Buttar
Format: Hardcover, 488 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $29.95
With the exception of Poland, no region or territory suffered more greatly during World War II than the Baltic States. Caught between the giants of the Soviet Union and the Third Reich, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia became pawns in the desperate battle for control of Eastern Europe throughout the course of... Read more >
Written by Prit Buttar
Format: Hardcover, 488 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $29.95
With the exception of Poland, no region or territory suffered more greatly during World War II than the Baltic States. Caught between the giants of the Soviet Union and the Third Reich, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia became pawns in the desperate battle for control of Eastern Europe throughout the course of... Read more >
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Bolt Action: Armies of the Soviet Union
Written by Warlord Games
Format: Trade Paperback, 152 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $24.95
Stalin's Russian Winter War against Finland, and his World War II campaigns on Nazi Germany's eastern front (around Kiev, Lenningrad, Moscow, Kharkov, Stalingrad, Kursk, Byelorussia, the Balkans, East Prussia, Warsaw, Hungary, and Berlin) constitute the largest land war in world history in terms of the number of troops engaged, and is... Read more >
Written by Warlord Games
Format: Trade Paperback, 152 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $24.95
Stalin's Russian Winter War against Finland, and his World War II campaigns on Nazi Germany's eastern front (around Kiev, Lenningrad, Moscow, Kharkov, Stalingrad, Kursk, Byelorussia, the Balkans, East Prussia, Warsaw, Hungary, and Berlin) constitute the largest land war in world history in terms of the number of troops engaged, and is... Read more >
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Classic Candy
America's Favorite Sweets, 1950-80
Written by Darlene Lacey
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
Candy may well have its origins in medicine (think peppermint sticks), and many Americans still think of candy as an edible salve with which to cure and to celebrate. Today, Americans consume more than 600 billion pounds of the sugary stuff each year. Most Americans have their favorites, their go-to candy... Read more >
America's Favorite Sweets, 1950-80
Written by Darlene Lacey
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
Candy may well have its origins in medicine (think peppermint sticks), and many Americans still think of candy as an edible salve with which to cure and to celebrate. Today, Americans consume more than 600 billion pounds of the sugary stuff each year. Most Americans have their favorites, their go-to candy... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land
The Vietnam War Revisited
Written by Andrew Wiest
Format: Trade Paperback, 316 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.95
From the Colonial War with France in the 1940s and 50s, through to the final evacuation of Saigon and beyond, each chapter of Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited, focuses on a different aspect of the Vietnam War. The 15 chapters are written by a diverse set... Read more >
The Vietnam War Revisited
Written by Andrew Wiest
Format: Trade Paperback, 316 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.95
From the Colonial War with France in the 1940s and 50s, through to the final evacuation of Saigon and beyond, each chapter of Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited, focuses on a different aspect of the Vietnam War. The 15 chapters are written by a diverse set... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Steamboats
Icons of America's Rivers
Written by Sara Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
Paddlewheel riverboat, showboat, sternwheeler, steamboat: call it what you will, but the steamboat revolutionized travel in the 1800s, an era in which young boys dreamed of becoming river pilots and Mark Twain forever memorialized the "Delta Queens" that travelled up and down the Mississippi River. Steamboat enthusiast Sara Wright provides a... Read more >
Icons of America's Rivers
Written by Sara Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
Paddlewheel riverboat, showboat, sternwheeler, steamboat: call it what you will, but the steamboat revolutionized travel in the 1800s, an era in which young boys dreamed of becoming river pilots and Mark Twain forever memorialized the "Delta Queens" that travelled up and down the Mississippi River. Steamboat enthusiast Sara Wright provides a... Read more >
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Amusement Parks
Written by Jim Hillman
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
America's amusement industry emerged from simple swimming ponds, family picnic areas, and community gathering spots. Although the first major entrepreneurial-driven amusement resort, known as Jones Woods, grew from the banks of New York's East River in the 1800s, the Golden Age of American amusement parks began with the mid-1800s development of... Read more >
Written by Jim Hillman
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
America's amusement industry emerged from simple swimming ponds, family picnic areas, and community gathering spots. Although the first major entrepreneurial-driven amusement resort, known as Jones Woods, grew from the banks of New York's East River in the 1800s, the Golden Age of American amusement parks began with the mid-1800s development of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Immobile Empire
Written by Alain Peyrefitte
Format: Trade Paperback, 688 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $24.00
In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegation—including diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocrats—entered Beijing on a mission to open China to British trade. But Macartney’s famous refusal to perform the traditional kowtow before the Chinese Emperor was just one sign that the two empires would not see... Read more >
Written by Alain Peyrefitte
Format: Trade Paperback, 688 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $24.00
In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegation—including diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocrats—entered Beijing on a mission to open China to British trade. But Macartney’s famous refusal to perform the traditional kowtow before the Chinese Emperor was just one sign that the two empires would not see... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The World of the Shining Prince
Court Life in Ancient Japan
Written by Ivan Morris
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.00
Ivan Morris’s definitive and widely acclaimed portrait of the ceremonious and melancholy world of ancient Japan.
Using The Tale of Genji and other major literary works from Japan’s Heian period as a frame of reference, The World of the Shining Prince recreates an era when women set the cultural tone. Focusing... Read more >
Court Life in Ancient Japan
Written by Ivan Morris
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.00
Ivan Morris’s definitive and widely acclaimed portrait of the ceremonious and melancholy world of ancient Japan.
Using The Tale of Genji and other major literary works from Japan’s Heian period as a frame of reference, The World of the Shining Prince recreates an era when women set the cultural tone. Focusing... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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F-86 Sabre vs MiG-15
Korea 1950-53
Written by Doug Dildy
Illustrated by Jim Laurier
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.95
As the routed North Korean People's Army (NKPA) withdrew into the mountainous reaches of their country and the People's Republic of China (PRC) funneled in its massive infantry formations in preparation for a momentous counter-offensive in the last months of 1950, both lacked adequate air power to challenge US and UN... Read more >
Korea 1950-53
Written by Doug Dildy
Illustrated by Jim Laurier
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.95
As the routed North Korean People's Army (NKPA) withdrew into the mountainous reaches of their country and the People's Republic of China (PRC) funneled in its massive infantry formations in preparation for a momentous counter-offensive in the last months of 1950, both lacked adequate air power to challenge US and UN... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Kill Hitler - Operation Valkyrie 1944
Written by Neil Short
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.95
At the end of 1943 the SS and the Gestapo arrested several prominent Germans involved in plotting to overthrow Adolf Hitler, including Dietrich Bonhoffer, Klaus Bonhoffer, Josef Muller and Hans Dohnanyi. Others under suspicion, such as Wilhelm Canaris and Hans Oster, were dismissed from office in January 1944. Major Claus von... Read more >
Written by Neil Short
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.95
At the end of 1943 the SS and the Gestapo arrested several prominent Germans involved in plotting to overthrow Adolf Hitler, including Dietrich Bonhoffer, Klaus Bonhoffer, Josef Muller and Hans Dohnanyi. Others under suspicion, such as Wilhelm Canaris and Hans Oster, were dismissed from office in January 1944. Major Claus von... Read more >
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eBook.
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The Naval Battles for Guadalcanal 1942
Clash for supremacy in the Pacific
Written by Mark Stille
Illustrated by Howard Gerrard
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $21.95
The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counteroffensive against the Japanese in the Pacific, it also marks the high point of Japanese expansion and can justly be claimed as one of the major turning points of the Pacific War. While the... Read more >
Clash for supremacy in the Pacific
Written by Mark Stille
Illustrated by Howard Gerrard
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $21.95
The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counteroffensive against the Japanese in the Pacific, it also marks the high point of Japanese expansion and can justly be claimed as one of the major turning points of the Pacific War. While the... Read more >
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British Battleships 1914-18 (1)
The Early Dreadnoughts
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Paul Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $17.95
The launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 changed the face of naval warfare. This revolutionary new battleship was in a league of her own, capable of taking on any two "pre-dreadnought" battleships in a straight fight. A naval arms race followed between Britain and Germany, as both countries hurriedly built a... Read more >
The Early Dreadnoughts
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Paul Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $17.95
The launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 changed the face of naval warfare. This revolutionary new battleship was in a league of her own, capable of taking on any two "pre-dreadnought" battleships in a straight fight. A naval arms race followed between Britain and Germany, as both countries hurriedly built a... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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British Frigate vs French Frigate
1793-1814
Written by Mark Lardas
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.95
In the Age of Fighting Sail (1650-1820), ambitious officers of the navies of many nations sought command of a frigate. Speedy, nimble and formidably armed, frigates often operated independently, unlike the larger ships of the line. Legendary sailors such as Edward Pellew and Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand, Comte de Linoise, found that... Read more >
1793-1814
Written by Mark Lardas
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.95
In the Age of Fighting Sail (1650-1820), ambitious officers of the navies of many nations sought command of a frigate. Speedy, nimble and formidably armed, frigates often operated independently, unlike the larger ships of the line. Legendary sailors such as Edward Pellew and Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand, Comte de Linoise, found that... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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In Her Majesty's Name
Steampunk Skirmish Wargaming Rules
Written by Craig Cartmell and Charles Murton
Illustrated by Fabien Lascombe
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $17.95
It is 1895 and the world is in turmoil. In the decades to come, historians will reflect upon the cause of this state of affairs and many will point squarely at Charles Babbage. The perfection of first his Difference Engine, and then his Analytical Engine, gave the new scientific establishment in... Read more >
Steampunk Skirmish Wargaming Rules
Written by Craig Cartmell and Charles Murton
Illustrated by Fabien Lascombe
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $17.95
It is 1895 and the world is in turmoil. In the decades to come, historians will reflect upon the cause of this state of affairs and many will point squarely at Charles Babbage. The perfection of first his Difference Engine, and then his Analytical Engine, gave the new scientific establishment in... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Martini-Henry Rifle
Written by Stephen Manning
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.95
The breech-loading, single-shot .458in Martini-Henry rifle has become a symbol of both the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the numerous battles in Egypt and the Sudan in 1884-85, but continued to be used by both British and colonial troops well into the 20th century. Its invention and introduction into British service... Read more >
Written by Stephen Manning
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.95
The breech-loading, single-shot .458in Martini-Henry rifle has become a symbol of both the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the numerous battles in Egypt and the Sudan in 1884-85, but continued to be used by both British and colonial troops well into the 20th century. Its invention and introduction into British service... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun
Written by Martin Pegler
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.95
The world's first self-powered machine gun, the Maxim gun became a potent symbol of Victorian colonialism in the closing years of the 19th century. It was the brainchild of Sir Hiram Maxim, the American-born firearms inventor who founded the company bearing his name with financing from Albert Vickers, who became the... Read more >
Written by Martin Pegler
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.95
The world's first self-powered machine gun, the Maxim gun became a potent symbol of Victorian colonialism in the closing years of the 19th century. It was the brainchild of Sir Hiram Maxim, the American-born firearms inventor who founded the company bearing his name with financing from Albert Vickers, who became the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Helmand
Diaries of Front-line Soldiers
Foreword by Simon Weston
Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
A glimpse into life on the front line in Afghanistan told through the diaries of the British Marines
During their tour of Afghanistan in 2008, a number of soldiers kept personal diaries of their experiences, and now, for the first time, Osprey Publishing has collected them together to provide a gripping... Read more >
Diaries of Front-line Soldiers
Foreword by Simon Weston
Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
A glimpse into life on the front line in Afghanistan told through the diaries of the British Marines
During their tour of Afghanistan in 2008, a number of soldiers kept personal diaries of their experiences, and now, for the first time, Osprey Publishing has collected them together to provide a gripping... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Country Blacksmith
Written by David L. McDougall
Format: Trade Paperback, 70 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $12.95
This book tells the story of the country blacksmith and his importance as the hub of village life. It describes his techniques, tools, and contribution to rural work. It includes the mythology of the blacksmith and the good fortune brought by horseshoes - and which way to hang them up! Thought... Read more >
Written by David L. McDougall
Format: Trade Paperback, 70 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $12.95
This book tells the story of the country blacksmith and his importance as the hub of village life. It describes his techniques, tools, and contribution to rural work. It includes the mythology of the blacksmith and the good fortune brought by horseshoes - and which way to hang them up! Thought... Read more >
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Jews in Britain
Written by Michael Leventhal
Format: Trade Paperback, 70 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $12.95
The Jewish community is the oldest ethnic minority in the country. This book tells the epic story of Jews in Britain over a thousand years. Many came as wealthy traders - others as desperate refugees. Sometimes they were feared and had to lead secret lives. At other times they stood shoulder... Read more >
Written by Michael Leventhal
Format: Trade Paperback, 70 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $12.95
The Jewish community is the oldest ethnic minority in the country. This book tells the epic story of Jews in Britain over a thousand years. Many came as wealthy traders - others as desperate refugees. Sometimes they were feared and had to lead secret lives. At other times they stood shoulder... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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100 American Flags
A Unique Collection of Old Glory Memorabilia
Written by Kit Hinrichs
Text by Delphine Hirasuna
Photographed by Terry Heffernan
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $11.99
The American flag has been raised high in wartime triumph and peacetime celebration; sewn lovingly onto quilts, caps, pillows, and bags; appropriated by popular culture; and faithfully honored every Fourth of July. This vibrant collection of 100 Stars and Stripes artifacts ranges from Civil War-era banners and Native American braided moccasins... Read more >
A Unique Collection of Old Glory Memorabilia
Written by Kit Hinrichs
Text by Delphine Hirasuna
Photographed by Terry Heffernan
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $11.99
The American flag has been raised high in wartime triumph and peacetime celebration; sewn lovingly onto quilts, caps, pillows, and bags; appropriated by popular culture; and faithfully honored every Fourth of July. This vibrant collection of 100 Stars and Stripes artifacts ranges from Civil War-era banners and Native American braided moccasins... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
Amusement Parks
Written by Jim Hillman
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $7.95
America's amusement industry emerged from simple swimming ponds, family picnic areas, and community gathering spots. Although the first major entrepreneurial-driven amusement resort, known as Jones Woods, grew from the banks of New York's East River in the 1800s, the Golden Age of American amusement parks began with the mid-1800s development of... Read more >
Written by Jim Hillman
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $7.95
America's amusement industry emerged from simple swimming ponds, family picnic areas, and community gathering spots. Although the first major entrepreneurial-driven amusement resort, known as Jones Woods, grew from the banks of New York's East River in the 1800s, the Golden Age of American amusement parks began with the mid-1800s development of... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
