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

Creighton, Margaret

ISBN 10: 0393354792 / ISBN 13: 9780393354799

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City: Spectacle and Assassination at the 1901 World's Fair
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393354792
• ISBN 13: 9780393354799
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

"A marvelous recounting of the 1901 World’s Fair. Every chapter sparkles…The Buffalo-Niagara Falls extravaganza comes alive in these pages. Highly recommended!" ―Douglas Brinkley, author of American Moonshot

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).

38 illustrations

About the Author

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.