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The Tears of the Desert: Love and Crime at the 1876 International Centennial Exhibition

Conrad Fraider

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Description:On March 3, 1871, Congress established the United States Centennial Commission, charged with "an International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine." Philadelphia was chosen as the site of the Centennial Exhibition. On June 5, 1874, President Grant extended invitations to the governments of the world to participate in the Exhibition. All thirty-nine nations accepted. This was a six-month international event, running from May 1876 to November 1876. The Centennial Exhibition attracted over ten million visitors. It was a showcase of American ingenuity and inventions. Typewriters, telephones, and steam pistons as well as art were displayed. The invited countries displayed their own national products and art. The Turkey delegation brought its crown jewels. While City Council argued about ﬁ nal funding for City Hall, the population and visitors celebrated. American women could not vote. Discrimination and persecution against African Americans was prevalent. Regardless, people met, fell in love, and committed crimes. Conrad Fraider spent his youth as a military brat, traveling from coast to coast and around Europe. Most of his adult life has been spent in Philadelphia, and he continues to reside there. This is his ﬁrst novel. Thank you Philadelphia! Cover Photos: Memorial Hall by Davidt8: Own work, Public Domain, https: //commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?cur... Pegasus - Memorial Hall by chrisinphilly5448We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Tears of the Desert: Love and Crime at the 1876 International Centennial Exhibition. To get started finding The Tears of the Desert: Love and Crime at the 1876 International Centennial Exhibition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 420

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing, LLC

Release: 2018

ISBN: 1457558211

Description: On March 3, 1871, Congress established the United States Centennial Commission, charged with "an International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine." Philadelphia was chosen as the site of the Centennial Exhibition. On June 5, 1874, President Grant extended invitations to the governments of the world to participate in the Exhibition. All thirty-nine nations accepted. This was a six-month international event, running from May 1876 to November 1876. The Centennial Exhibition attracted over ten million visitors. It was a showcase of American ingenuity and inventions. Typewriters, telephones, and steam pistons as well as art were displayed. The invited countries displayed their own national products and art. The Turkey delegation brought its crown jewels. While City Council argued about ﬁ nal funding for City Hall, the population and visitors celebrated. American women could not vote. Discrimination and persecution against African Americans was prevalent. Regardless, people met, fell in love, and committed crimes. Conrad Fraider spent his youth as a military brat, traveling from coast to coast and around Europe. Most of his adult life has been spent in Philadelphia, and he continues to reside there. This is his ﬁrst novel. Thank you Philadelphia! Cover Photos: Memorial Hall by Davidt8: Own work, Public Domain, https: //commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?cur... Pegasus - Memorial Hall by chrisinphilly5448We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Tears of the Desert: Love and Crime at the 1876 International Centennial Exhibition. To get started finding The Tears of the Desert: Love and Crime at the 1876 International Centennial Exhibition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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