The Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City: Spectacle and Assassination at the 1901 World's Fair
Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780393247503 (0393247503)
ASIN: 0393247503
Publish date: 2016-10-18
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
The turn of the twentieth century was a time of drastic change. The United States, led by President McKinley, and embroiled in conflict with the Philippines after the Spanish-American War, sought pro-American sentiment en masse. These were the years of Tesla, of Geronimo and Calamity Jane. The first...