NYC BOOK AWARDS 2002
Coney Island: Lost and Found
Charles Denson
Pictured: Charles Denson
"Denson, who lives in California but grew up in Coney Island, combines local history, personal memoir and political science in a work which is part monograph and part scrapbook, bringing the history of Coney Island, both grand and gritty, up to the 21st century. The graphic richness alone - ancient photographs, 1950's ticket stubs, grainy 1960's snapshots and recent pictures of Coney Island's garish colors - make this a notable work. This is the king of Coney Island books." - Christopher Gray
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