Roller Coasters
Subtitle: United States and Canada
Edition: Fourth edition
Publisher: McFarland and Company
Published: October 2, 2015
Place of publication: USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780786495979
Copyright date: October 2, 2015
Description: In its fourth edition, this exhaustive guide to roller coasters in the United States and Canada also provides a history of coaster evolution (from the 16th century) and a look into the future of coaster technology and design.
The book lists by state or province more than 700 coasters at more than 160 amusement and theme parks. Each entry includes contact information along with summaries of each coaster’s origins, features and history. There are six appendices: famous coaster designers, the longest wood and steel coasters in North America, a coaster census by state or province, a chronology of wooden roller coasters still in operation, interesting amusement park and coaster facts, and a guide to the alpine coasters at winter resorts in the U.S. and Canada.
Table of contents: label: Acknowledgments
title: vi; label: History
title: 1; label: Roller Coasters in the United States (by State)
title: 23; label: Roller Coasters in Canada (by Province)
title: 251; label: Appendix 1: Famous Roller Coaster Designers
title: 269; label: Appendix 2: The Longest Roller Coasters in North America
title: 272; label: Appendix 3: Numbers of Coasters per State and Province
title: 273; label: Appendix 4: Chronology of Wooden Coasters Still in Operation
title: 275; label: Appendix 5: Interesting Roller Coaster Facts
title: 278; label: Appendix 6: Alpine Coasters
title: 281; label: Index
title: 285