book about Coney Island

I'd be curious about this book if anybody has time to check out the free download and let us know if it's worth it?

Coney IslandIs there still a Coney Island?
Once renowned as a funspot, Coney Island has been largely forgotten. Does it still exist? What has survived of the place? And what was it like?
In his book CONEY ISLAND, Professor Solomon takes us there to find out.

Roaming about, he interviews old-timers&#151searches for antiquities&#151explores what is left of the amusement area. (Among his finds: a man who remembers seeing the first human cannonball, shot into the air at Coney Island; the remains of Steeplechase Park; and a ride&#151the Wonder Wheel&#151that began as a perpetual-motion machine.)

He also provides a history of Coney Island&#151from its Canarsie Indian days, to its era as a lawless, Tijuana-style resort, to the rise and fall of its amusement parks.
On this historical tour, you&#146ll meet such personages as John Y. McKane (notorious mayor of Coney Island); George Tilyou (amusement-park pioneer); and the Wild Man of Borneo (actually, an actor from the Bronx). And you&#146ll visit the Pavilion of Fun, French Nudist exhibit, Elephant Hotel, Trip to the Moon, Insanitarium, Tunnel of Love, flea circus, Feltman&#146s restaurant (where the hot dog was invented), and other vanished attractions.

The result is a fascinating profile of a unique&#151and persevering&#151place.

152 pages. Illustrated.

Free download of entire book:
coneyisland.pdf(41.2 MB file)

Coney Island: Paperback Edition available from Amazon.com.