America's Boardwalks: From Coney Island to California

by James Lilliefors

Gaudy, intoxicating, bright, loud, lucrative, and altogether American: they are our nation's boardwalks. The boardwalk was first invented for utilitarian reasons-so that beach-goers could stroll along the shore in their evening wear without tracking sand into train cars or hotel lobbies. But it wasn't long before the imagination of a country just becoming acquainted with the concept of leisure time transformed the boardwalk into something much more...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081353805X
• ISBN13: 9780813538051
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.8" x 9.6"