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The great wheel (Newbery honor roll)

by Robert Lawson

Emigration and immigrationFerris wheelsFictionImmigrantsIrish AmericansWorld's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)Juvenile fictionNewbery Honor

Eighteen-year-old Conn leaves Ireland and sails to America, where he helps build the first Ferris wheel for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.

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Book data: Open Library