Bibliograph

The electrifying fall of Rainbow City, spectacle and assassination at the 1901 World's Fair, Margaret Creighton

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The electrifying fall of Rainbow City, spectacle and assassination at the 1901 World's Fair, Margaret Creighton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-315) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The electrifying fall of Rainbow City

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

937452501

Responsibility statement

Margaret Creighton

Sub title

spectacle and assassination at the 1901 World's Fair

Summary

"The 1901 Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, meant to herald the twentieth century, went tragically, spectacularly, awry. In 1901, Buffalo, New York, the eighth biggest city in America, wanted to launch the new century with the Pan American Exposition. It would showcase the Western hemisphere and bring millions of people to western New York. With Niagara Falls as a drawing card and with stunning colors and electric lights, promoters believed it would be bigger, better, and--literally--more brilliant than Chicago's White City of 1893. Weaving together narratives of both notorious and forgotten figures, Margaret Creighton unveils the fair's big tragedy and its lesser-known scandals."--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Rainbow City -- Summer in the city -- The favored guest -- The blood-colored temple -- The emergency -- The rise and the fall -- Aftershock -- Freefall -- The escape of the Doll Lady -- The elephant -- The timekeepers

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