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Book/Printed Material "A day on Coney Island" : containing a description of that celebrated watering place; its geological formation and social history, with a graphic description of its magnificent surroundings, as viewed from the great iron observatory ; containing, also, an account of the "dream" of A.T. Stewart, in which he endeavors to extend his financial operations to our dreamy satellite ; also, his introduction to several distinguished lunarians ; the work concludes with a brief description of the principal hotels at Coney island and finally foreshadows the ultimate submersion of this lovely island beneath the frozen waters of the ocean ; in heroic verse

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  • "A day on Coney Island" : containing a description of that celebrated watering place; its geological formation and social history, with a graphic description of its magnificent surroundings, as viewed from the great iron observatory ; containing, also, an account of the "dream" of A.T. Stewart, in which he endeavors to extend his financial operations to our dreamy satellite ; also, his introduction to several distinguished lunarians ; the work concludes with a brief description of the principal hotels at Coney island and finally foreshadows the ultimate submersion of this lovely island beneath the frozen waters of the ocean ; in heroic verse

Names

  • Sweet, J. P.

Created / Published

  • New York : Printing House of H.T. Cornett, [c1880].

Headings

  • -  Stewart, Alexander Turney,--1803-1876
  • -  Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)--Poetry

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • 31, [3] p. : 1 ill., 1 port. ; 17 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PS2964 .S76

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 31005821

OCLC Number

  • 16124433

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Sweet, J. P. "A day on Coney Island": containing a description of that celebrated watering place; its geological formation and social history, with a graphic description of its magnificent surroundings, as viewed from the great iron observatory ; containing, also, an account of the "dream" of A.T. Stewart, in which he endeavors to extend his financial operations to our dreamy satellite ; also, his introduction to several distinguished lunarians ; the work concludes with a brief description of the principal hotels at Coney island and finally foreshadows the ultimate submersion of this lovely island beneath the frozen waters of the ocean ; in heroic verse. [New York: Printing House of H.T. Cornett, 1880] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/31005821/.

APA citation style:

Sweet, J. P. (1880) "A day on Coney Island": containing a description of that celebrated watering place; its geological formation and social history, with a graphic description of its magnificent surroundings, as viewed from the great iron observatory ; containing, also, an account of the "dream" of A.T. Stewart, in which he endeavors to extend his financial operations to our dreamy satellite ; also, his introduction to several distinguished lunarians ; the work concludes with a brief description of the principal hotels at Coney island and finally foreshadows the ultimate submersion of this lovely island beneath the frozen waters of the ocean ; in heroic verse. [New York: Printing House of H.T. Cornett] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/31005821/.

MLA citation style:

Sweet, J. P. "A day on Coney Island": containing a description of that celebrated watering place; its geological formation and social history, with a graphic description of its magnificent surroundings, as viewed from the great iron observatory ; containing, also, an account of the "dream" of A.T. Stewart, in which he endeavors to extend his financial operations to our dreamy satellite ; also, his introduction to several distinguished lunarians ; the work concludes with a brief description of the principal hotels at Coney island and finally foreshadows the ultimate submersion of this lovely island beneath the frozen waters of the ocean ; in heroic verse. [New York: Printing House of H.T. Cornett, 1880] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/31005821/>.