Coney Island

Coney Island

Coney Island is the story of a tiny peice of land at the edge of Brooklyn that at the turn of the century became the greatest playground in the country. In scale, in variety, and in inventiveness, Coney Island was unlike anything anyone had ever seen, and sooner or later everyone came to see it. Coney Island is a lively and absorbing picture of the amazing amusement empire that astonished, delighted and shocked the nation. It took Americans from the Victorian age into the modern world.

A empty space of sand when Henry Hudson discovered it in 1609, Coney Island would be changed into the most spectacular amusement resort in the world -- and the symbol of a new age. While politicians and speculators fought for control of the Island during the 19th century, Coney first became a showcase for the w...