The Incredible Scream Machine: A History of the Roller Coaster
The Incredible Scream Machine: A History of the Roller Coaster
by Robert Cartmell
University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 Paper: 978-0-87972-342-2 | Cloth: 978-0-87972-341-5 Library of Congress Classification GV1860.R64C37 1987 Dewey Decimal Classification 791.068028
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
In 1984 America celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the first successful roller coaster device: La Marcus A. Thompson’s switchback railway, erected at Coney Island. Robert Cartmell examines every phase of roller coaster history, from the use of the roller coaster by Albert Einstein to demonstrate his theory of physics, to John Allen’s use of psychology in designing one.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
Timetable
Introduction
The Ride
Chapter I
Early European Roller Coasters
Chapter II
America's First Roller Coaster
Chapter III
La Marcus A. Thompson
Chapter IV
Light, Speed, and Entertainment: Early American Parks
Chapter V
The Haverhill Three
Chapter VI
1900-1920: Defying Gravity—Trial and Error
Chapter VII
Roller Coasters Over The World: Luna Parks and White Cities
Chapter VIII
John A. Miller
Chapter IX
Coasters of the Roaring Twenties: The Golden Age
Chapter X
Traver, Prior and Church
Chapter XI
1930-1972: Innovations and the Struggle to Survive
Chapter XII
Kings Island, Disneyland, and Metal Coasters
Chapter XIII
The Coaster Boom
Appendix I
How A Coaster Works / Why People Ride Roller Coasters
Appendix II
Complete Listing of Philadelphia Toboggan Company Roller Coasters 1904-1975
Appendix III
Appendix IV
Notes
Bibliography
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