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1 Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland Exhibition Reference Materials Materials accompanying the exhibition are marked with an asterisk (*). Books for Adults Adams, Judith A. The American Amusement Park Industry: A History of Technology and Thrills. Boston: Twayne Publishers, Adams, Rachael. Sideshow U.S.A.: Freaks and the American Cultural Imagination. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Baker, Kevin. Dreamland. New York: Harper Perennial, Berman, John S. Coney Island. New York: Barnes and Noble Publishing Inc., Bogdan, Robert. Freak Show: Presenting Human Oddities for Amusement and Profit. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Braden, Donna R. Leisure and Entertainment in America. Dearborn: Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, 1988.* Carlin, John. Coney Island of the Mind: Images of Coney Island in Art and Popular Culture, New York: Whitney Museum of American Art. 1

2 Cohen, Marilyn. Reginald Marsh s New York: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, and Photographs. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, Cross, Gary S. and John K. Walton. The Playful Crowd: Pleasure Places in the Twentieth Century. New York: Columbia University, 2005.* Cudahy, Brian J. How We Got to Coney Island: The Development of Mass Transportation in Brooklyn and Kings County. New York: Fordham University Press, Daly, Michael. Topsy: The Startling Story of the Crooked Tailed Elephant, P.T. Barnum, and the American Wizard, Thomas Edison. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, Dennett, Andrea Stulman. Weird and Wonderful: The Dime Museum in America. New York: New York University Press, Denson, Charles. Coney Island: Lost and Found. New York: Ten Speed Press, 2002.*. Images of America: Coney Island and Astroland. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2011.*. Wild Ride!: A Coney Island Roller Coaster Family. Berkeley, CA: Dreamland Press, Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. New York: New Directions, 1958.* 2

3 Fried, Frederick. A Pictorial History of the Carousel. Vestal: Vestal Press, Frank, Robin and Charles Denson. Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, Hartford: Yale University Press, 2015.* Haenni, Sabine. The Immigrant Scene: Ethnic Amusements in New York, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, Hagley Museum and Library. Centuries of Progress: American World s Fairs Wilmington: Hagley Museum and Library, 2006.* Hammer, Carl and Gideon Bosker. Freak Show: Sideshow Banner Art. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, Hartzman, Marc. America Sideshow: An Encyclopedia of History s Most Wondrous and Curiously Strange Performers. New York: Penguin, 2005.* Haskell, Barbara and Joseph Stella. Joseph Stella. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, Henry, O. Brick Dust Row, in The Trimmed Lamp, and Other Stories of the Four Million. Garden City: Doubleday, Hoffman, Laura. Coney Island: Postcard History. Mount Pleasant: Arcadia Publishing, 2014.* 3

4 Ierardi, Eric J. Gravesend: The Home of Coney Island. Mount Pleasant: Arcadia Publishing, Gravesend Brooklyn: Coney Island and Sheepshead Bay. Mount Pleasnt: Arcardia Publishing, Immerso, Michael. Coney Island: The People s Playground. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2002.* Kasson, John F. Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century. New York: Hiss & Wang, Kyrianzi, Gary. The Great American Amusement Parks: A Pictorial History Lilliefors, James. America s Boardwalks: From Coney Island to California. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, Mangels, William F. The Outdoor Amusement Industry: From Earliest Times to the Present. New York: Vantage Press, Manns, William and Peggy Shank. Painted Ponies: American Carousel Art. Santa Fe: Zon International Publishing, 1986.* Marsh, Reginald. Reginald Marsh: Coney Island. Fort Wayne: Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Miller, Henry. Black Spring. New York: Grove Press, Musser, Charles. Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company. Berkeley: University of California Press,

5 Onorato, Michael Paul. Another Time, Another World: Coney Island Memories. Fullerton: Onorato and California State University, Oral History Program, Onorato, Michael Paul and Daniel Pisark. Steeplechase Park and the Decline of Coney Island: An Oral History. Bellingham: Pacific Rim Books, Parascandola, Louis J. and John Parascandola (editors). A Coney Island Reader: Through Dizzy Gates of Illusion. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015.* Pilat, Oliver and Jo Ranson. Sodom by the Sea: An Affectionate History of Coney Island. Garden City, Doubleday, Doran & Co., Rabinovitz, Lauren. Electric Dreamland: Amusement Parks, Movies, and American Modernity. New York: Columbia University Press, Register, Woody. The Kid of Coney Island: Fred Thompson and the Rise of American Amusements. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.* Samuelson, Dale and Wendy Yegoiants. American Amusement Park. Saint Paul: MBI, 2001.* Scheiber, Barbara. We ll Go to Coney Island: A Novel in Stories. Philadephia: Sowilo Press, Snow, Richard F. Coney Island: A Postcard Journey to the City of Fire. New York: Brightwaters Press,

6 Stein, Harvey. Coney Island: 40 Years. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing, 2011.* Stencell, A. W. Seeing is Believing: America s Sideshows. Toronto: ECW Press, Sterngass, Jon. First Resorts: Pursuing Pleasure at Saratoga Springs, Newport, and Coney Island. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Weedon, Geoff. Fairground Art: The Art Forms of Travelling Fairs, Carousels, and Carnival Midways. New York: Abbeville Press, Zimiles, Murray, Stacy Hollander, and Vivian Mann. Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: The Synagogue to the Carousel. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, Books for Younger Readers Altebrando, Tara. Dreamland Social Club. New York: Dutton Books for Young Readers, Greenberg, Melanie Hope. Mermaids on Parade. New York: G. P. Putnams Sons Books for Young Readers, Linden, Joanne. Ben & Zip: Two Short Friends. Chicago: Flashlight Press, Nuño, Fran and Enrique Quevedo. Fairground Lights. Madrid: Cuento de Luz,

7 McLoughlin Brothers. Johnny Headstrong s Trip to Coney Island. Carlisle: Applewood Books, 2011.* Milford, Kate. The Broken Lands. Boston: Clarion Books, Rose, Deborah Lee. The Rose Horse. San Diego: Harcourt Children s Books, Smith Hyde, Heidi. Feivel s Flying Horses. Minneapolis: Kar-Ben Publishers, 2010.* Sullivan, Maureen. Custard and Mustard: Carlos in Coney Island. Riverhead: Mojo Inkworks, 2009.* Tullet, Hervé. The Game of Mirrors. London: Phaidon Press, DVDS American Experience: Coney Island. DVD. 1991; Directed by Ric Burns. Alexandria: PBS, 2006.* Annie Hall. Directed by Woody Allen. DVD. New York: Rollins Joffe Productions, Boardwalk. Directed by Stephen Verona. DVD. New York: Stratford, Coney Island. Directed by Walter Lang. DVD. Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Coney Island: Dreams for Sale. DVD. Directed by Alessandra Giordano. Los Angeles: Cinedigm Studio,

8 Coney Island: The Early Days Film Collection. DVD. Anderson: The Historical Archive, 2006.* Coney Island Honeymoon. Directed by Arnold Albert. Burbank: Warner Brothers, Coney Island U.S.A. Directed by Valentine Shevy The Devil and Miss Jones. Directed by Sam Wood. DVD. Chicago: Olive Films, 1941.* Enemies, A Love Story. DVD. 1989; Burbank: Warner Home Video, Famous Nathan. Directed by Lloyd Handwerker. DVD. New York: Film Movement, Freaks. Directed by Tod Browning. DVD. 1932; Burbank: Warner Home Video, 2005.* The Gilded Lily. Directed by Wesley Ruggles. DVD. 1935; New York: Universal Studios, 2011.* He Got Game. Directed by Spike Lee. DVD. Burbank: Touchstone Entertainment, 1998.* Happy Ride, Coney Island. Short film. Directed by Gary Beeber, Little Fugitive. Directed by Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin, and Ray Ashley. DVD; New York: Kino Lorber Films,

9 Requiem for a Dream. Directed by Darren Aronfsky. DVD. 2000; Santa Monica: Lionsgate Films (Artisan Home Entertainment), 2001.* Silent Classics: Amusement Park Antics. Directed by Edwin S. Porter and Hal Roach. DVD. Eden Prairie: Alpha Video, 2014.* Speedy. Directed by Ted Wilde. DVD. 1928; Criterion Collection, 2015.* The Warriors. Directed by Walter Hill. DVD, 1979; Burbank: Warner Brothers, Weegee s New York. Directed by Weegee (Arthur Fellig) Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God Be Back by Five. Directed by Richard Schenkman. DVD. 1998; Troy: Anchor Bay, Zipper: Coney Island s Last Wild Ride. Directed by Amy Nicholson. New York: Cinema Guild,

Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland

Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland Glossary Astroland Park This park opened at Coney Island in 1962, and was inspired by the space race. It closed in 2008. Bathhouse With the development of