Here are two brand new history books about defunct amusement parks in the Reading (Berks County) PA area. Both are printed on heavy, glossy stock paper, in full color, with large, easy to read type.

1. Carsonia Park- Midway of Memories"- A comprehensive new history of Carsonia Park, a trolley park that existed near Reading from 1896 through 1949.  The book traces the entire history of the park, from its earliest days as soggy bottom land, to one of the most popular amusement parks in eastern Pennsylvania.
The story, 450 pages in all, illustrates the changes that occurred in the park over the years to suit the changing desires of its visitors. From the days of renting swimming suits, to the smell of freshly-made waffles!

A reader in California sent in his review:

 "I am so thoroughly enjoying your Pendora Park and Carsonia Park books. Your wordsmithery is so engaging and folksy; when reading your books I feel like we are talking to one another. That is a very special talent.

 It is one thing to know your subject it is quite another to communicate it in an understandable way.

 You have made it fun, not an academic chore. History is often made difficult to understand because of the writer’s inability to make it simple and understandable. You have not only made History simple and understandable you have made it "folksy". Genius for sure! "


2-  "Pendora- Forgotten Trolley Park of Reading." Tells the fascinating story of Pendora Park in East Reading, from it's beginnings as an ice dam, then a fabulous amusement park, then the site of the Reading Zoo, and now a beautiful city park- and the final above-ground location of Rose Creek before it makes its underground journey to oblivion!



Shipping for both is $6.50 for Media Rate shipping in the USA. Both books are perfect bound paperback, with glossy paper throughout for superior photo reproduction.