| Panorama: Tales of San Francisco's 1915 Pan-Pacific International Exposition Contributor(s): Bruno, Lee (Author), Lee, Edwin M. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1937359689 ISBN-13: 9781937359683 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - History | Study & Teaching |
| Dewey: 907.4 |
| LCCN: 2014940643 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 12.5" W x 10.1" (3.15 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE), and this fully illustrated coffee table book focuses on the groundbreaking exhibition and its fascinating participants. The book opens with a large-scale map of the exhibit, with arrows pointing to events and individual people who were there: historic figures including Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Maria Montessori, aviator Lincoln Beachey, composer John Phillips Souza, and Charlie Chaplin. Subsequent pages have blow-ups of map sections with stories about the exhibitors and their impact on early 20th-century America. The book also contains a history of the development of the fair through the eyes of the author's great-grandfather, Reuben Hale, who was responsible for its vision and realization, against long odds. |