Rob H. (rgherndon) reviewed The Kid of Coney Island: Fred Thompson and the Rise of American Amusements on + 9 more book reviews
I'm only about 1/3 of the way through this and I'm enjoying the story/narrative. However, it's evident that Mr. Register is an academic and writes with a somewhat pretentious sociological vocabulary, if you see what I mean. Slogging through.
Completed reading after about 6 weeks--notice lots of tangential information, perhaps there's not enough to Thompson's life story for an entire book? But most are relevant and interesting, just have almost nothing to do with Thompson. Not much about Coney itself--apparently Thompson was only involved at the very beginning of Luna Park.
Completed reading after about 6 weeks--notice lots of tangential information, perhaps there's not enough to Thompson's life story for an entire book? But most are relevant and interesting, just have almost nothing to do with Thompson. Not much about Coney itself--apparently Thompson was only involved at the very beginning of Luna Park.
