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Exploring the Chicago World's Fair, 1893 Exploring the Chicago World's Fair, 1893 Laurie Lawlor After moving to Chicago so their father can work for Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, twelve-year-old Dora and her three younger sisters find jobs and amusement at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition… OL145228W
History of the World's Fair History of the World's Fair Benjamin Cummings Truman This book is about the World's Fair of 1893 in Chicago. The 'Columbian Exposition' was named after and dedicated to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus' arrival in The Americas. The Fair last… OL1618262W
Exhibiting Mormonism Exhibiting Mormonism Reid Larkin Neilson The 1893 Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, presented the Latter-day Saints with their first opportunity to exhibit the best of Mormonism for a national and an internationa… OL16412652W
The summer of dreams The summer of dreams Dorothy Hoobler In 1893 while working at the Chicago World's Fair, a young Italian-American girl meets two prominent women, Mrs. Potter Palmer and Jane Addams, and learns about the achievements of other women throug… OL18171649W
Moon's crossing Moon's crossing Barbara Croft The dreamer, Jim Moon, provides the common thread to *Moon's Crossing*. Moon fought in the Civil War, traveled across the West, married a much younger woman and tried his hand at farming and being a… OL1835151W
Deception on Sable Hill Deception on Sable Hill Shelley Shepard Gray "In mid-September of 1893 the World's Fair is nearing its end, but danger lingers in Chicago as debutants are accosted by an assailant wielding a stiletto"-- OL22059256W
Tancerka z Kairu Tancerka z Kairu DeAnna Cameron Given the task of enforcing proper conduct at the Egyptian belly dancing exhibition, Dora Chambers' eyes are opened to the world beyond a life of social expectations and quiet servitude and finds the… OL24921819W
Sixteenth annual illustrated catalogue Sixteenth annual illustrated catalogue Sykes Iron & Steel Roofing Co Presents a brief description of the manufacture of iron and steel building materials and testimonials from users of Sykes roofing products OL27734489W
The great wheel (Newbery honor roll) The great wheel (Newbery honor roll) Robert Lawson Eighteen-year-old Conn leaves Ireland and sails to America, where he helps build the first Ferris wheel for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. OL4234951W
City of the Absent (Inspector Alastair Ransom Mysteries) City of the Absent (Inspector Alastair Ransom Mysteries) Robert W. Walker Chicago's magnificent White City will soon be fading into memory. As the grand Exposition of 1893 reaches its final day, the metropolis is rocked by the public assassination of its popular mayor. In … OL50000W
The spirit of the Wild West The spirit of the Wild West L. L. Owens Emma slips away from her parents at the Grand Exhibition of 1893 in Chicago to see Buffalo Bill's Wild West show and Annie Oakley. OL684443W