George Ferris, what a wheel / by Barbara Lowell ; illustrated by Jerry Hoare and with photographs.

By: Lowell, Barbara [author.]Contributor(s): Hoare, Jerry [illustrator.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Penguin core conceptsPublisher: New York, N.Y. : Grosset & Dunlap, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 32 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780448479262; 9780448479255Subject(s): Ferris, George Washington Gale, 1859-1896 -- Juvenile literature | World's Columbian Exposition ((1893 : Chicago, Ill.)) -- Juvenile literature | Structural engineers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Civil engineers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Ferris wheels -- History -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 624.1092 Summary: A portrait of George Ferris, 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.
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Ages 7-11.

A portrait of George Ferris, 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.

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