Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America's Most Dangerous Amusement Park

The outlandish, hilarious, terrifying, and almost impossible-to-believe story of the legendary, dangerous amusement park where millions were entertained and almost as many bruises were sustained, t…

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