Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Walker & Company (1993), Edition: Reprint, 180 pages
Description
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.
User reviews
LibraryThing member MereYom
Interesting account of the building of the first Ferris Wheel.
LibraryThing member kday_working
"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. "
LibraryThing member electrascaife
A sweet little story about a young man who helps build Ferris' big wheel for the Chicago World's Fair.
The details of the wheel's logistics were neat, and the parallel story of the young man immigrating to the U.S. was a nice complement.
The details of the wheel's logistics were neat, and the parallel story of the young man immigrating to the U.S. was a nice complement.
Subjects
Awards
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 1960)
Newbery Medal (Honor Book — 1958)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1957
Physical description
180 p.
ISBN
0802773923 / 9780802773920