Meet Me at the Ferris Wheel / Joy Dawson / 164 pages / September Challenge - 1900's

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition - the St. Louis 1904 World's Fair - came about because thousands of people here and abroad had an interest in human welfare.  Meet Me at the the Ferris Wheel is "an adventure at the St. Louis World's Fair with 75 authentic pictures."  It recounts the history of the Parker family from 1900-1904; the hardships of the farm in Kinder, MO; the death of Rudy and Frank's mother; the hard work, ingenuity, and commitment to family exhibited by Henderson Cooper Parker and his last two sons; Cooper's development of a hybrid corn that won a silver medal at the fair; and the unbelievable sights, sounds, and experiences at the Fair made possible by the forward thinking and sacrifices of Cooper Parker, the author's grandfather.