The Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City: Spectacle and Assassination at the 1901 World's Fair Contributor(s): Creighton, Margaret (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393354792 ISBN-13: 9780393354799 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | United States - 20th Century - Technology & Engineering | History |
Dewey: 607.347 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8" L (0.52 lbs) 352 pages |
Themes: - Locality - Buffalo-Niagra Falls, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
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Publisher Description: The Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, dazzled with its new rainbow-colored electric lights. It showcased an array of wonders, like daredevils attempting to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, or the Animal King putting the smallest woman in the world and also terrifying animals on display. But the thrill-seeking spectators little suspected that an assassin walked the fairgrounds, waiting for President William McKinley to arrive. In Margaret Creighton's hands, the result is a persuasive case that the fair was a microcosm of some momentous facets of the United States, good and bad, at the onset of the American Century (Howard Schneider, Wall Street Journal). |
Contributor Bio(s): Creighton, Margaret: - Margaret S. Creighton is the author of The Colors of Courage: Gettysburg's Forgotten History, a finalist for the Lincoln Prize, and other works. She is a professor of history at Bates College and lives in Maine. |
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