Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Author: Alan J. Stein
Publisher: Historylink
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This richly illustrated and well-researched volume recounts in detail the history of the fair that brought Seattle and Washington into the national spotlight. The A-Y-P Exposition, held in Seattle in 1909 on the future site of the University of Washington, welcomed 3.7 million visitors and was the first world's fair to make a profit.

Love and Other Consolation Prizes

Love and Other Consolation Prizes
Author: Jamie Ford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2017
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0804176752

A half-Chinese orphan whose mother sacrificed everything to give him a better chance is raffled off as a prize at Seattle's 1909 World's Fair, only to land in the ownership of the madam of a notorious brothel where he finds friendship and opportunities, in a story based on true events.

Before We Disappear

Before We Disappear
Author: Shaun David Hutchinson
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2021-09-28
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0063025256

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! It’s a new star-crossed romance about the magic of first love from the acclaimed author of We Are the Ants and Brave Face, Shaun David Hutchinson. Jack Nevin’s clever trickery and moral flexibility make him the perfect assistant to the Enchantress, one of the most well-known stage magicians in turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Europe. Without Jack’s steady supply of stolen tricks, the Enchantress’s fame would have burned out long ago. But when Jack’s thievery catches up to them, they’re forced to flee to America to find their fortune. Luckily, the Enchantress is able to arrange a set of sold-out shows at Seattle’s Alaska–Yukon–Pacific World’s Fair Exposition. She’s convinced they’re going to rich and famous until a new magician arrives on the scene. Performing tricks that defy the imagination, Laszlo’s show overshadows the Enchantress, leaving Jack no choice but to hunt for the secrets to his otherworldly illusions. But what Jack uncovers isn’t at all what he expected. Behind Laszlo’s tricks is Wilhelm—a boy that can seemingly perform real magic. Jack and Wilhelm have an instant connection, and as the rivalry between the Enchantress and Laszlo grows, so too does Jack and Wilhelm’s affection. But can Jack choose between the woman who gave him a life and the boy who is offering him everything? It’s a stirring tale about the magic of love from award-winning author Shaun David Hutchinson.

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909: An International Fair, Showing the Products, Resources, Advantages, and Scenic Beauty of the Alaska-Yukon Count

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909: An International Fair, Showing the Products, Resources, Advantages, and Scenic Beauty of the Alaska-Yukon Count
Author: Henry Martz
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2018-04-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780365815945

Excerpt from Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909: An International Fair, Showing the Products, Resources, Advantages, and Scenic Beauty of the Alaska-Yukon Country; June 1 to October 15 Particular attention is invited to the map attached. It is as nearly correct in detail as it can be made. The courses of rivers and streams, location of mountain ranges and configuration of coast line are all in accord ance with the latest surveys. It also indicates the routes followed by ocean and river steamers and shows the.lo cation of all cities, towns and districts of importance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

How the Vote Was Won

How the Vote Was Won
Author: Rebecca Mead
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 0814757227

Uncovers how women in the West fought for the right to vote By the end of 1914, almost every Western state and territory had enfranchised its female citizens in the greatest innovation in participatory democracy since Reconstruction. These Western successes stand in profound contrast to the East, where few women voted until after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, and the South, where African-American men were systematically disenfranchised. How did the frontier West leap ahead of the rest of the nation in the enfranchisement of the majority of its citizens? In this provocative new study, Rebecca J. Mead shows that Western suffrage came about as the result of the unsettled state of regional politics, the complex nature of Western race relations, broad alliances between suffragists and farmer-labor-progressive reformers, and sophisticated activism by Western women. She highlights suffrage racism and elitism as major problems for the movement, and places special emphasis on the political adaptability of Western suffragists whose improvisational tactics earned them progress. A fascinating story, previously ignored, How the Vote Was Won reintegrates this important region into national suffrage history and helps explain the ultimate success of this radical reform.