![]() ![]() HISTORICAL TIDBIT: 1893 CHICAGO WORLD’S FAIR OR COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION?. Looking West from Peristyle Court of Honor and Grand Basin, 1893, World’s Columbian Exhibition (World’s Fair). Can he keep his feet on the ground, or will he be carried away? Like the newly invented Ferris wheel, he is caught in a whirl between his girl back home, his dreams as an inventor, and his unexpected attraction to his new tutor. ![]() The young teacher is reluctant to participate, and Cullen has trouble keeping his mind on his lessons while intently watching her lips. ![]() In an act of desperation, he hires Della Wentworth, a teacher of the deaf, to tutor him in the art of lip-reading. But the noise in the fair’s Machinery Hall makes it impossible to communicate with potential buyers. ![]() Gambling everything–including the family farm–Cullen McNamara travels to the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair with his most recent invention. BOOK DESCRIPTION: It Happened At The FairĪ transporting historical novel about a promising young inventor, his struggle with loss, and the attractive teacher who changes his life, all set against the razzle-dazzle of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. BOOK REVIEW: It Happened At The Fair BOOK REVIEW: It Happened At The Fair. ![]()
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