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| Author | : Jerry Apps |
| Publisher | : Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Total Pages | : 280 |
| Release | : 2022-07-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0870209841 |
Jerry Apps explores the history of county and state fairs in Wisconsin, from their earliest incarnations as livestock exhibitions to today’s multitude of exhibits and demonstrations, grandstand entertainment, games and rides, and competitions of all sorts. Drawing on his extensive research, interviews, and personal experience as a 4-H leader, county extension agent, fair judge, and lifelong fairgoer, Apps takes readers back through 178 years of Wisconsin fair history, covering everything from horsepulling and calf-showing contests to exhibit judging to the roar of gasoline engines powering the midway rides. He evokes the sights and sounds of fairs through the ages while digging in to the political and social forces that shaped the fair into an icon of our rural heritage. Illustrated with vintage and modern photos and featuring the voices of exhibitors, judges, volunteers, and visitors, Meet Me on the Midway vividly captures the thrills and cherished memories of these beloved annual gatherings.
| Author | : Amie Denman |
| Publisher | : Harlequin |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 2016-12-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1488009341 |
It’s time to take a chance Evie Hamilton has big plans for Starlight Point, her family’s amusement park. Determined to prove she’s more than a by-the-numbers accountant, Evie is all set to open a brand-new marina and renovate the century-old Lake Breeze Hotel. She’s planned for every possible roadblock…except the handsome, infuriating new fire inspector. Firefighter Scott Bennett doesn’t want to be the bad guy. But when he looks at Evie’s plans, all he can see are the potential disasters. He wants to help Evie build for the future, but letting go of the past feels dangerous. Almost as dangerous as trusting Evie with his heart.
| Author | : Robert Jackson |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2004-03-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780060092672 |
You are holding a ticket to one of the largest and most magnificent celebrations of all time -- the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair! For seven months nearly twenty million visitors from around the globe flooded the fairgrounds of Forest Park. Many explored the twelve mammoth palaces (made of plaster and horsehair!), which showcased amazing exhibits. Others enjoyed watching the first Olympic Games in the United States, keeping cool all summer with a new treat that became an instant hit -- the ice-cream cone. And everyone loved viewing all 1275 acres of fairgrounds from atop the 265-foot Ferris wheel. Robert Jackson describes the planning, building, events, and memory of a fair that enthralled millions with its magic. In fascinating detail, he captures the energy and imagination of turn-of-the-century America, when fairgoers begged friends and family to meet them in St. Louis.
| Author | : Gordon W. Prange |
| Publisher | : Open Road Media |
| Total Pages | : 359 |
| Release | : 2014-05-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 148048945X |
New York Times bestseller: The true story of the WWII naval battle portrayed in the Roland Emmerich film is “something special among war histories” (Chicago Sun-Times). Six months after Pearl Harbor, the seemingly invincible Imperial Japanese Navy prepared a decisive blow against the United States. After sweeping through Asia and the South Pacific, Japan’s military targeted the tiny atoll of Midway, an ideal launching pad for the invasion of Hawaii and beyond. But the US Navy would be waiting for them. Thanks to cutting-edge code-breaking technology, tactical daring, and a significant stroke of luck, the Americans under Adm. Chester W. Nimitz dealt Japan’s navy its first major defeat in the war. Three years of hard fighting remained, but it was at Midway that the tide turned. This “stirring, even suspenseful narrative” is the first book to tell the story of the epic battle from both the American and Japanese sides (Newsday). Miracle at Midway reveals how America won its first and greatest victory of the Pacific war—and how easily it could have been a loss.
| Author | : Anne Youngson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 284 |
| Release | : 2018-08-07 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1250295165 |
A professor in Denmark and a grandmother in England begin a correspondence, and a friendship, that develops into something extraordinary.
| Author | : Annie Denman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 376 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : Amusement parks |
| ISBN | : 9780373368174 |
"It's time to take a chance. Evie Hamilton has big plans for Starlight Point, her family's amusement park. Determined to prove she's more than a by-the-numbers accountant, Evie is all set to open a brand-new marina and renovate the century-old Lake Breeze Hotel. She's planned for every possible roadblock ... except the handsome, infuriating new fire inspector. Firefighter Scott Bennett doesn't want to be the bad guy. But when he looks at Evie's plans, all he can see are the potential disasters. He wants to help Evie build for the future, but letting go of the past feels dangerous. Almost as dangerous as trusting Evie with his heart" -- page 4 of cover.
| Author | : John Vacha |
| Publisher | : Cleveland Theater |
| Total Pages | : 250 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
Meet Me on Lake Erie, Dearie! explains why- Motorists in 1936 had problems making left-hand turns in Cleveland- A victim of the Kingsbury Run Torso Murderer was seen at the Exposition- The annual invasion of Lake Erie midges sank a midway concession- Herman Pirchner defied the Exposition's ban on nudity- The world's ugliest lamp was in Cleveland- Cleveland was the center of a national divorce scandal- Toto Leverne jumped in the lake
| Author | : Celia Pearce |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 560 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1312115874 |
Together with the Olympics, world's fairs are one of the few regular international events of sufficient scale to showcase a spectrum of sights, wonders, learning opportunities, technological advances, and new (or renewed) urban districts, and to present them all to a mass audience. Meet Me at the Fair: A World's Fair Reader breaks new ground in scholarship on world's fairs by incorporating a number of short new texts that investigate world's fairs in their multiple aspects: political, urban/architectural, anthropological/ sociological, technological, commercial, popular, and representational. Contributors come from eight different countries and represent affiliations in academia, museums and libraries, professional and architectural firms, non-profit organizations, and government regulatory agencies. In taking the measure of both the material artifacts and the larger cultural production of world's fairs, the volume presents its own phantasmagoria of disciplinary perspectives, historical periods, geographical locales, media, and messages, mirroring the microcosmic form of the world's fair itself.
| Author | : Amie Denman |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
| Total Pages | : 368 |
| Release | : 2017-01-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1474065465 |
It's time to take a chance
| Author | : Michael S. Vigil |
| Publisher | : iUniverse |
| Total Pages | : 373 |
| Release | : 2014-06-26 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1491735201 |
There were always two hotel rooms. One for his counterparts doing the surveillance and one he used as the stage to play a ruthless Mexican drug trafficker making the deal for enormous amounts of cocaine, marijuana or heroin. One small slip of the tongue, or a slight bead of sweat on the brow could result in his violent, painful death. He was willing to do anything to convince the dangerous criminals he was one of them. Whether showing them a million dollars cash packed in a suitcase, flashing a bag of diamonds, buying rounds of drinks for everyone in a nightclub, whatever it took to make them believe he was as greed-filled and callous as they were. It was a spectacular cat and mouse game with the ultimate reward of sitting next to a hand cuffed cartel head on a flight headed to prison. It was listening to him beg for his freedom, offer millions in bribes, threaten his life and both knowing he had won.
