The View From A Midwest Ferris Wheel

Author : Lolita Ditzler
Publisher : Adelaide Books
ISBN 13 : 9781954351271
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The View from a Midwest Ferris Wheel written by Lolita Ditzler and published by Adelaide Books. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As Ms. Ditzler's first book, this one is a winner. It was a delight to follow the seven-year courtship of Lolita and her husband. In THE VIEW FROM A MIDWEST FERRIS WHEEL, she details the relationship that survived military service and illness in the 1950s. The simplicity of their courtship should be an inspiration to everyone. In today's fast paced world, we all need to take the time to enjoy The View From A Midwest Ferris Wheel and learn the true meaning of love." - Sherry Derr-Wille, author of seventy books and editor "This incandescent and elegiac memoir, a Technicolor coming-of-age story of love deferred and won, returns us to the Midwest in the 1950s and immerses us in it. Evocative, convincing, and well worth the price of admission." - Christopher Chambers, Editor, Midwest Review "A long-time writer and member of the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW) and Illinois Woman's Press Association (IWPA), Ditzler's story reminds us of what people and families in the Midwest are all about. Her writing captures small-town life, love and the true meaning of a promise with grace." -Marianne Wolf-Astrauskas, Immediate Past President National Federation of Press Women and Former President of the Illinois Woman's Press Association. "Love is written in the details. With a precisely crafted account of the early years of her more than 50-year marriage, this writer knits together a love story sketched in charcoal images of a young girl growing up in a conventional farm community in middle America. It was the 50s and America had not yet broken from a more chaste lifestyle. It was an era in deep contrast to today. The writer, with the use of extravagant detail, does a delightful job of drawing the reader back to the 50s. Falling in love was another story those days."-Susan Dixon, retired editor Lolita Ditzler, a longtime member of the Illinois Woman's Press Association and the National Federation of Press Women, has received numerous awards for articles that appeared in area newspapers and national magazines. The literary magazine, Midwest Review 4, published her essay, "Life With Linda," about her developmentally different daughter who died of breast cancer at age forty-eight. The story received a first in the IWPA 2017 contest and the NFPW contest. She also belongs to the Chicago Writers Association and Wisconsin Writers Association.

Author : Frederick Morel
Publisher : Frederick Morel
ISBN 13 : 1907812326
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ferris Wheel written by Frederick Morel and published by Frederick Morel. This book was released on 2011 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lonely Planet
Publisher : Lonely Planet
ISBN 13 : 1837581258
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Best Road Trips Midwest & the Great Lakes 1 written by Lonely Planet and published by Lonely Planet. This book was released on 2023-02 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside Lonely Planet's Midwest & the Great Lakes' Best Road Trips: Itineraries for classic road trips plus other lesser-known drives with expert advice to pick the routes that suit your interests and needs Full-color route maps - easy-to-read, detailed directions Detours - delightful diversions to see the Midwest & Great Lakes' highlights along the way Link Your Trip - cruise from one driving route to the next Insider tips - get around like a local, avoid trouble spots and be safe on the road - local driving rules, parking, toll roads Stretch Your Legs - the best things to do outside the car Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Lavish color photography provides inspiration throughout Covers Michigan's Gold Coast, the Great River Road, Highway 61, Chicago, Oklahoma's Tribal Trails, the Pioneer Trails, the Black Hills, St Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, and more. The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Midwest & the Great Lakes' Best Road Trips is perfect for exploring the Midwest & Great Lakes via the road and discovering sights that are more accessible by car. Planning a US trip sans a car? Lonely Planet's USA, our most comprehensive guide to the USA, is perfect for exploring both top sights and lesser-known gems. Looking for a guide focused on a specific city? Check out Lonely Planet's Chicago guide for a comprehensive look at all that this city has to offer, or Pocket Chicago, a handy-sized guide focused on the can't-miss sights for a quick trip. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveler since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travelers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' – New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveler's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' – Fairfax Media (Australia)

Author : Julia Schaffer
Publisher : Benchmark Education Company
ISBN 13 : 1450907164
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Midwest States written by Julia Schaffer and published by Benchmark Education Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the geography, climate, history, and economy of the midwest region of the United States.

Author : Kathryn Gibbs Davis
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547959222
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mr. Ferris and His Wheel written by Kathryn Gibbs Davis and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how the engineer George Ferris invented and constructed the amusement park ride that bears his name for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.

Author : Andrew R. L. Cayton
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253003490
Total Pages : 1918 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Midwest written by Andrew R. L. Cayton and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2006-11-08 with total page 1918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first-ever encyclopedia of the Midwest seeks to embrace this large and diverse area, to give it voice, and help define its distinctive character. Organized by topic, it encourages readers to reflect upon the region as a whole. Each section moves from the general to the specific, covering broad themes in longer introductory essays, filling in the details in the shorter entries that follow. There are portraits of each of the region's twelve states, followed by entries on society and culture, community and social life, economy and technology, and public life. The book offers a wealth of information about the region's surprising ethnic diversity -- a vast array of foods, languages, styles, religions, and customs -- plus well-informed essays on the region's history, culture and values, and conflicts. A site of ideas and innovations, reforms and revivals, and social and physical extremes, the Midwest emerges as a place of great complexity, signal importance, and continual fascination.

Author : Stu Fliege
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252070853
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales and Trails of Illinois written by Stu Fliege and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the stories of fifty-two significant events in the history of Illinois.

Author : Monica Kulling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781484496831
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sky High written by Monica Kulling and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating Step 3 History Reader describes the invention of the first Ferris wheel--an engineering marvel. The 1893 World's Fair organizers wanted something big to draw people to Chicago . . . something that would rival the Eiffel Tower.

Author : Norman D. Anderson
Publisher : Popular Press
ISBN 13 : 9780879725327
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ferris Wheels written by Norman D. Anderson and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anderson (North Carolina State University) is clearly obsessed with the Ferris Wheel. He describes the conception and construction of the first example--at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893. Imitators and variations are described and illustrated with period photos and patent drawings. An appendix contains 115 pages of patent drawings. A charming, unique book (that will win no graphics awards). Paper edition (unseen), $29.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Omar Valerio-Jimenez
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 025209980X
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latina/o Midwest Reader written by Omar Valerio-Jimenez and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 2000 to 2010, the Latino population increased by more than 73 percent across eight midwestern states. These interdisciplinary essays explore issues of history, education, literature, art, and politics defining today’s Latina/o Midwest. Some contributors delve into the Latina/o revitalization of rural areas, where communities have launched bold experiments in dual-language immersion education while seeing integrated neighborhoods, churches, and sports teams become the norm. Others reveal metro areas as laboratories for emerging Latino subjectivities, places where for some, the term Latina/o itself corresponds to a new type of lived identity as different Latina/o groups interact in shared neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces. Eye-opening and provocative, The Latina/o Midwest Reader rewrites the conventional wisdom on today's Latina/o community and how it faces challenges—and thrives—in the heartland. Contributors: Aidé Acosta, Frances R. Aparicio, Jay Arduser, Jane Blocker, Carolyn Colvin, María Eugenia Cotera, Theresa Delgadillo, Lilia Fernández, Claire F. Fox, Felipe Hinojosa, Michael D. Innis-Jiménez, José E. Limón, Marta María Maldonado, Louis G. Mendoza, Amelia María de la Luz Montes, Kim Potowski, Ramón H. Rivera-Servera, Rebecca M. Schreiber, Omar Valerio-Jiménez, Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez, Darrel Wanzer-Serrano, Janet Weaver, and Elizabeth Willmore