George Ferris, what a wheel!, by Barbara Lowell ; illustrated by Jerry Hoare and with photographs
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Label
George Ferris, what a wheel!, by Barbara Lowell ; illustrated by Jerry Hoare and with photographs
Language
eng
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
George Ferris, what a wheel!
Oclc number
861478783
Responsibility statement
by Barbara Lowell ; illustrated by Jerry Hoare and with photographs
Series statement
Penguin core concepts
Summary
A portrait of the engineer who invented the Ferris wheel describes the ambitious ideas that inspired him to build the largest wheel in the world for the Chicago World's Fair in 1893
Target audience
juvenile
Classification
Contributor
Creator
Subject
- Civil engineers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Structural engineering
- Structural engineering -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Ferris, George Washington Gale, 1859-1896
- Ferris wheels + History
- Civil engineers
- Ferris wheels + History -- Juvenile literature
- Ferris, George Washington Gale, 1859-1896 -- Juvenile literature
- Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Inventors
Author
Illustrator
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- Has instance2
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Subject10
- Civil engineers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Structural engineering
- Structural engineering -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Ferris, George Washington Gale, 1859-1896
- Ferris wheels + History
- Civil engineers
- Ferris wheels + History -- Juvenile literature
- Ferris, George Washington Gale, 1859-1896 -- Juvenile literature
- Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Inventors
- Author1
- Illustrator1
- Is Part Of1
- Mapped to1