E.L. Doctorow’s World’s Fair

If you are interested in reading more about the 1939 World’s Fair, check out E.L. Doctorow’s novel, World’s Fair.

Excerpt from E.L. Doctorow’s novel World’s Fair: “Everywhere people walked in family groups and stopped to take pictures in front of exhibit buildings. The shuffle of feet was like a constant whispering in my ears, or what I imagined a heard of antelope would sound like going in great numbers slowly through high grass. We went around Commerce Circle and through the Plaza of Light and right around the Trylon and Perisphere, which, up close, seemed to fill the sky. The pictures of them hadn’t suggested their enormity. They were the only white objects to be seen. They were dazzling. They seemed to be about to take off, they looked lighter than air. A ramp connected them, and I could see a line of people silhouetted against the blue sky…”