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John Glavin | Trapped on the Wheel
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A great American writer has been born. Jack Coombe, Historian and Novelist. John Glavin is a lifelong Chicagoan who loves its history and its stories. As a department chair for 25 years at Glenbrook North High School, he published textbooks on writing including one selling a total of 500,000 copies. After retiring he researched and collected over 100 books on the Columbian Exposition. He developed. Trapped on the Wheel. From 1994 to 2008 as a labor of love. Currently, he is writing the sequel to.
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Events | Trapped on the Wheel
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Join us for in-depth discussions of the original Ferris wheel’s construction, performance and eventual fate; copies of “Trapped on the Wheel” will be available for purchase and signing. Thursday, March 25 at 1:00PM. Mather’s Café. 7134 W. Higgins Ave., Chicago, IL. Tuesday, May 18 at 7:00PM. 1242 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette, IL. Tuesday, June 1, 7:00PM. 1201 Cedar Lane, Northbrook, IL. Wednesday, November 11 at 7:00PM. Book Stall at Chestnut Court. 811 Elm St., Winnetka IL. Wednesday, Dec 23 at 10:30AM.
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The Fair | Trapped on the Wheel
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Having researched the Great Fair and contemporary. Society with the care and ardor of a historian, Glavin has transformed his findings into a gleaming work of art that rivals the fair in its beauty, its grace, and the insights and possibilities it raises. Fred Shafer, Northwestern University Continuing Studies.
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Praise | Trapped on the Wheel
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Author John Glavin takes us on a fascinating trip to the Gilded Age. John Drummond, CBS 2 Chicago and author of. Thirty Years in the Trenches. It Ain’t Pretty but it’s Real. The Fair itself is presented in such fabulous depth that you feel you are there. Robert J. Herguth, former reporter and columnist with the Chicago Daily News and Chicago Sun-Times. Jack Coombe, Historian and Novelist. As the story evolves, the action accelerates, evoking increased concern on the part of the reader for the heroine.
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The Fair | Trapped on the Wheel
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Home Trapped on the Wheel. Introducing an historical novel that brings Chicago's Columbian Exposition to life in meticulous detail. The Columbian Exposition of 1893 has scarcely received the attention it deserves from a talented novelistthis book changes all that. Fred Shafer, Northwestern University Continuing Studies. I couldn’t put it down. Jack Coombe, Historian and Novelist.
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2495 Hardcover, $14.95 Paperback. Buy the book here.
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About | Trapped on the Wheel
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Alessandra is willing to risk everything. To ride the largest bicycle wheel in the world the original Ferris Wheel. Lured by the temptations of the World’s Fair, she rebels against her Victorian father, whose life-long vision is for her to become his Lady of the Manor. However, Alessandra vows to resist. After her 18th birthday ball, she begins her painful odyssey to escape the trap awaiting most women a dominating parent, an arranged marriage, and society’s false promises.
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