Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014]
Format: Book
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Capturing an engineer's creative vision and mind for detail, this fully illustrated picture book biography sheds light on how the American inventor George Ferris defied gravity and seemingly impossible odds to invent the world's most iconic amusement park attraction, the Ferris wheel.
nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; A fun, fact-filled text by Kathryn Gibbs Davis combines with Gilbert Ford's dazzling full-color illustrations to transport readers to the 1893 World's Fair, where George Ferris and his big, wonderful wheel lifted passengers to the skies for the first time.
nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; A fun, fact-filled text by Kathryn Gibbs Davis combines with Gilbert Ford's dazzling full-color illustrations to transport readers to the 1893 World's Fair, where George Ferris and his big, wonderful wheel lifted passengers to the skies for the first time.
Subjects:
Ferris, George Washington Gale, 1859-1896 -- Juvenile literature.
Civil engineers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Ferris wheels -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Ferris, George Washington Gale, 1859-1896 -- Juvenile literature.
Civil engineers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Ferris wheels -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: 900L
ISBN:
9780547959221
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C ARCHITEC Dav | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C ARCHITEC Dav | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C ARCHITEC Dav | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C ARCHITEC Dav | Sandhills Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
C ARCHITEC Dav | Southeast | Children's NonFiction | In |
C ARCHITEC Dav | Southeast | Children's NonFiction | In |