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Legend City / John Bueker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bueker, John., Author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Amusement parks--Arizona--Phoenix Region--History--Pictorial works.
- Amusement parks.
- Amusement rides--Arizona--Phoenix Region--History--Pictorial works.
- Amusement rides.
- Legend City Amusement Park (Tempe, Ariz.)--History--Pictorial works.
- Legend City Amusement Park (Tempe, Ariz.).
- Phoenix Region (Ariz.)--History--Pictorial works.
- Phoenix Region (Ariz.).
- Phoenix Region (Ariz.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, maps, portraits.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, [2014]
- Summary:
- Conceived and built in the early 1960s by local artist and advertising man Louis E. Crandall, Legend City was an ambitious and star-crossed mid-century attempt to bring a world-class theme park to the Phoenix metropolitan area. Despite daunting financial challenges and an unforgiving Arizona sun, the park managed to survive for two full decades, entertaining countless Arizonans and forging an enduring place for itself in the hearts and minds of local residents. A sad tale of broken dreams and economic failure on the surface, the story of Legend City is actually an exhilarating and fascinating chapter in the cultural history of Arizona.
- OCLC:
- 900733935
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