Mr. Ferris and his wheel
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- ISBN: 0547959222
- ISBN: 9780547959221
- Physical Description 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations
- Publisher Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014]
- Copyright ©2014
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 22.99 |
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Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
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Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
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.