Publisher's Synopsis
"Roller Coaster Kids; Tales of 1960's Coney Island" is a Brooklyn artist's wild coming of age memoir that chronicles the author's many friendships and adventures while growing up in the unique Brooklyn, New York neighborhood of Coney Island during the tumultuous decade of the 1960's. Roller Coaster Kids, Tales of 1960's reads like a Brooklyn, New York, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn adventure. By the end of the 1950's, only one grand historic amusement park remained in Coney Island, George C. Tilyou's Steeplechase Park. Who better to tell this classic Brooklyn, Coney Island story than the author, who is very likely the last little rascal to go on a ride in Steeplechase Park before it was demolished in 1966. If you love Brooklyn New York, or just love stories about growing up in America, or you have a connection to the 1960's, and you enjoy zany, crazy wild rides.... then this raw, over the top gritty memoir is for you. It's a no holds barred sentimental Brooklyn journey, back in time to New York's most famous seaside neighborhood. Get ready for one crazy wild ride! PS. The book also is an expose on the nature and origins of systemic racism in America and the authors experience of growing up during the civil-rights movement during the 1960s.
