| Louisville's Southern Exposition, 1883-1887:: The City of Progress Contributor(s): Bush, Bryan S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1609491432 ISBN-13: 9781609491437 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 907.476 |
| LCCN: 2010050618 |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6.63" W x 8.98" (0.50 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Louisville, Kentucky - Geographic Orientation - Kentucky - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Throughout much of the 1880s, the Southern Exposition showcased the largest-ever single display of agricultural machinery and technical innovation in the United States. With over 1,500 commercial and mercantile attractions--the likes of which the world had never seen--history was made and innovation discovered in Louisville's Central Park. Some of the most influential figures of the time participated, including Henry Watterson, Merriwether Lewis Clark Jr., A. Bidermann DuPont and President Chester A. Arthur. Former Louisville resident Thomas Edison personally oversaw the installation of his newly invented incandescent light bulb that lit a record-breaking 4,600 lamps. Author and Louisville historian Bryan S. Bush offers an unprecedented perspective on this fascinating historic event. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bush, Bryan S.: - Bryan Bush was born in 1966 in Louisville, Kentucky, and has been a native of that city ever since. He has been a member of many different Civil War historical preservation societies; consulted for movie companies and other authors; coordinated with other museums on displays of various museum articles and artifacts; written for magazines, such as Kentucky Civil War Magazine, North/South Trader and Back Home in Kentucky; and worked for many different historical sites. Bush has been a Civil War reenactor for fourteen years, portraying an artillerist. For five years, Bush was on the board of directors and curator for the Old Bardstown Civil War Museum and Village: The Battles of the Western Theater Museum in Bardstown, Kentucky. |