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The American Civil War pitted brother against brother and tore the
country in two, but out of the ashes rose the foundations of our
modern-day nation. bolotin brings you the Civil War stories you
never learned about in school.
This exceptional chronicle takes readers on a visual tour of the
glittering "white city" that emerged along the swampy south shore
of Lake Michigan as a symbol of Chicago's rebirth and pride
twenty-two years after the Great Fire. The World's Columbian
Exposition, which commemorated the 400th anniversary of Columbus's
voyage to America, was held from April to October in 1893. The
monumental event welcomed twenty-eight million visitors, covered
six hundred acres of land, boasted dozens of architectural wonders,
and was home to some sixty-five thousand exhibits from all over the
world. From far and wide, people came to experience the splendors
of the fair, to witness the magic sparkle of electric lights or
ride the world's first Ferris wheel, known as the Eiffel Tower of
Chicago. Norman Bolotin and Christine Laing have assembled a
dazzling photographic history of the fair. Here are panoramic views
of the concourse--replete with waterways and gondolas, the amazing
moving sidewalk, masterful landscaping and horticultural
splendors--and reproductions of ads, flyers, souvenirs, and
keepsakes. Here too are the grand structures erected solely for the
fair, from the golden doorway of the Transportation Building to the
aquariums and ponds of the Fisheries Building, as well as details
such as menu prices, the cost to rent a Kodak camera, and injury
and arrest reports from the Columbian Guard. This unique volume
tells the story of the World's Columbian Exposition from its
conception and construction to the scientific, architectural, and
cultural legacies it left behind, inviting readers to imagine what
it would have been like to spend a week at the fair.
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