The Great Extravaganza: Portland and the Lewis and Clark Exposition

by Carl Abbott

Book Overview

The Great Extravaganza details the Lewis and Clark Exposition of 1905 from its planning stage, through the heady days of the fair, and into the decade of growth and prosperity that followed. Abbott captures the progressive sentiments that motivated early twentieth-century developers and politicians and the part the Exposition played in the development of Portland.

Now in its third edition since its original publication in 1981, The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875952852
• ISBN13: 9780875952857
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 71 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 10.0" x 8.1"