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1957•180 pages•Published•ENG•User Reviews

The great wheel (Newbery honor roll)

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Eighteen-year-old Conn leaves Ireland and sails to America, where he helps build the first Ferris wheel for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.

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Emigration and immigrationFerris wheelsFictionImmigrantsIrish AmericansWorld's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)Juvenile fictionNewbery HonorChildren's fictionFairs, fictionEmigration and immigration, fictionIrish, united states, fiction

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Book Details

First Published

1957

Pages

180 pages

Rating

4.0 / 5

Ratings

1

Editions

7

Publisher

Angus and Robertson

Language

ENG

Status

Published

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