A Parisienne in Chicago: Impressions of the World's Columbian Exposition

by Marie Grandin and Leon Grandin

This fascinating account of a French woman's impressions of America in the late nineteenth century reveals an unusual cross-cultural journey through fin de si cle Paris, Chicago, and New York. Madame Leon Grandin's travels and extended stay in Chicago in 1893 were the result of her husband's collaboration on the fountain sculpture for the World's Columbian Exposition. Initially impressed with the city's fast pace and architectural grandeur,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252035135
• ISBN13: 9780252035135
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"