New York City History for Kids: From New Amsterdam to the Big Apple with 21 Activities
The Flip Flap roller coaster in Coney Island Brooklyn circa
For Carl Maria Herman and Sophia
Acknowledgments o MANY PEOPLE have fostered my love for New York City over the years Thanks to my Stuyvesant High School teacher Philip Scandura for his fascinating class on the history of New York Thanks to my edi tor Jerome Pohlen and the folks at Chicago Review Press for proposing this topic A special thanks to my family and my friends for supporting and encouraging me And thanks to you New York City Love