The Price of the Wheel

<p><strong>The Engineer. The Spectacle. The Price of Triumph.</strong></p><p>In 1893 the world was focused on Chicago's World's Fair. America needed a spectacle to eclipse the Eiffel Tower-but the ambitious plan to build the biggest rotating machine in history was dismissed as a death trap.</p><p>Enter George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. a quiet 33-year-old civil engineer from Pittsburgh. Specializing in the minute study of steel Ferris wagered his entire reputation-and fortune-on a single impossible concept: the <strong>Great Wheel</strong>. At 264 feet tall carrying thousands of passengers it was a colossal challenge hurled directly at gravity.</p><p>This is the definitive story of the man who engineered a wonder and transformed amusement forever. From the moment he secured the largest steel forging of its time to the mechanical marvel's grand opening Ferris became a national hero. But success came at a shattering cost.</p><p><strong>Discover the brilliant tragic life of the engineer who gave the world the Ferris Wheel only to lose everything in its shadow. </strong> Approx.170 pages 29800 word count</p>