Atlantic City: One Hundred Twenty-Five Years of Ocean Madness

by Vicki Gold Levi, Lee Eisenberg

ATLANTIC CITY features the High-Diving Horse, Mr. Peanut, Lucy the Elephant, and generations of Americans running amok under (and over) the Boardwalk.

224 pages, Paperback

First published May 27, 1979

Reviews

[Dirk Vanderwilt · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a certainly entertaining - if not terribly academic - look at Atlantic City's illustrious past. Lots of black & white pictures of everything from Boardwalk scenes to early Miss America winners to the famed Mr. Peanut signs. Atlantic City is a colorful place, and this book is certainly an fun way to learn a bit about the history which, in many ways, coincides with the evolution of early American commercialization. A very light read.