The Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City: Spectacle and Assassination at the 1901 World's Fair (eBook)

Margaret Creighton (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
352 Seiten
W. W. Norton & Company (Verlag)
978-0-393-24751-0 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;A marvelous recounting of the 1901 Worlds Fair. Every chapter sparklesThe Buffalo-Niagara Falls extravaganza comes alive in these pages. Highly recommended!"e; Douglas Brinkley, author of American MoonshotThe 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 "e;Animal King"e; 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 Creightons hands, the result is "e;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"e; (Howard Schneider, Wall Street Journal).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.10.2016
• Zusatzinfo: 38 illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1901 • 20th century • assassination • buffalo • History • New York • Niagara Falls • NY • pan-american exposition • president mckinley • William McKinley
• ISBN-10: 0-393-24751-1 / 0393247511
• ISBN-13: 978-0-393-24751-0 / 9780393247510