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

by Margaret Creighton

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393354792
• ISBN13: 9780393354799
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.0"