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Twilight At The World Of Tomorrow : Genius, Madness, Murder, And The 1939 World's Fair On The Brink Of War (2010)

by James Mauro(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0345512146 (ISBN13: 9780345512147)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Ballantine Books

review 1: The 1930 New York World’s Fair was supposed to be bigger, better, and more profitable than Chicago’s 1934 Century of Progress World’s Fair. Right from the start, however, the planners ran into problems with the location, unions, weather, and attendance. Soon, terrorist would enter into the picture, and people would start to die. A fascinating look at a Depression Era World's Fair; a Fair dedicated to peace at the time the world was on the brink of another world war.
review 2: Attempt at writing a History of the New York Worlds Fair of 1939-1940 similar to book on Chicago's World Fair of 1890 but this fair was less exciting and less intertwined with other news stories of the time..However very sad in some ways. Several nations who sent exhibits such a... mores Poland and Czechoslovakia were conquered or partitioned during the year the exhibits continued in New York City. The author also deals with one issue about the British Royals I have not seen covered or discussed anywhere else. It is in chapter on George VI visit to the Fair in spring of 1939. less

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