Wait. No, no. My favorite thing about this book is how Larson will go into a tangent about details (something he APOLOGIZED for at the beginning of the book, how funny!)--mostly describing the hows and whys and whens and wheres for something occurring. I'm only like... 2 parts in, but I do actually love how he's setting up and describing the events. Especially since this is a history (haha story! yes, exactly!) that everyone knows the ending to. Reading the set up and the opinions of the public during that time is just kind of fascinating.
For example, the reason why the Fair was brought into existence in the first place. How New York, Washington, Chicago, and St. Louis all vied to be the site of the fair (I especially love this one like where Larson goes, "No one really cared about what St. Louis had to say but gave it a wink of acknowledgement for its pluck for trying."). Just. FFFFF. It's a little like world-building but--these things actually happened.
Of course there's skewed views and whatnot because Larson's working by interpreting newspapers, journals, memoirs, biographies, autobiographies and such during that day. Things get skewed. BUT.
... ffffffffffff. These are a few of my favorite things~
For example, the reason why the Fair was brought into existence in the first place. How New York, Washington, Chicago, and St. Louis all vied to be the site of the fair (I especially love this one like where Larson goes, "No one really cared about what St. Louis had to say but gave it a wink of acknowledgement for its pluck for trying."). Just. FFFFF. It's a little like world-building but--these things actually happened.
Of course there's skewed views and whatnot because Larson's working by interpreting newspapers, journals, memoirs, biographies, autobiographies and such during that day. Things get skewed. BUT.
... ffffffffffff. These are a few of my favorite things~
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