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Exploring the Chicago World's Fair, 1893

by Laurie Lawlor

Young AdultHistorical Fiction

2001

After moving to Chicago so their father can work for Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, twelve-year-old Dora and her three younger sisters find jobs and amusement at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, while also worrying about their family's poverty.

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