1 edition of George Ferris, what a wheel! found in the catalog.
Published
2014
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Written in English
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.
Edition Notes
| Statement | by Barbara Lowell ; illustrated by Jerry Hoare and with photographs |
| Series | Penguin core concepts, Penguin core concepts |
| Contributions | Hoare, Jerry, illustrator |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | TA140.F455 L69 2014 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 1 volume (unpaged) : |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL26500597M |
| ISBN 10 | 0448479265, 0448479257 |
| ISBN 10 | 9780448479262, 9780448479255 |
| LC Control Number | 2015487842 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 861478783 |
Book Overview Have you ever ridden a Ferris wheel? You go up, up, up and can see for miles But when the inventor of the Ferris wheel, George Ferris, first pitched the idea, everyone thought he was crazy. But George fought for his design. Finally, in December , with only four months to go until the fair, George was given permission to build his wheel. He had to fight the tight schedule, bad weather, and general disapproval. Against all odds, the Ferris Wheel turned out to be the talk of the Fair, and proof that dreaming big dreams could pay off.
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A foot bicycle wheel that goes around and around and carries people in train cars. Can’t be done, they said. Barbara: If I could meet George Ferris, I would ask him what it was like to ride his Ferris wheel for the first was he thinking and feeling?At the end of the book, there is a section called Ferris Wheel Facts.
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Capturing an engineer’s creative vision and mind for detail, this fully illustrated picture book biography sheds light on how the American inventor George Ferris defied gravity and seemingly impossible odds to invent the world’s most iconic amusement park attraction, the Ferris wheel.
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