Betsy Harvey Kraft

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1) The fantastic Ferris Wheel: the story of inventor George Ferris

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Kraft, Betsy Harvey

Language

English

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Book, eBook

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"The story of George Ferris, inventor of the iconic Ferris Wheel"-- "The World's Fair in Chicago, 1893, was to be a spectacular event: architects, musicians, artists, and inventors worked on special exhibits to display the glories of their countries. But the Fair's planners wanted something really special, something on the scale of the Eiffel Tower, which had been constructed for France's fair three years earlier. At last, engineer George Ferris...

2) Theodore Roosevelt: champion of the American spirit

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Kraft, Betsy Harvey

Pub. Date

[2003]

Language

English

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A biography of the energetic New Yorker who became the twenty-sixth president of the United States and who once exclaimed "No one has ever enjoyed life more than I have."

3) Mother Jones: one woman's fight for labor

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Kraft, Betsy Harvey

Pub. Date

1995.

Language

English

4) Sensational trials of the twentieth century

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Kraft, Betsy Harvey

Pub. Date

[1998]

Language

English

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Presents accounts of eight significant trials in the twentieth century, including the Scopes trial, Watergate, Brown v. the Board of Education, and the Hinckley trial.