内容简介
TheGreatAmericanHallofWondersisavividlyillustratedsurveyoftheAmericaningenuitythatenergisedallaspectsof19th-centurysociety,fromthepaintingoflandscapesandscenesofeverydaylife,totheplanningofscientificexpeditionsandthedevelopmentofnewmechanicaldevices.ItfocusesonsixiconicobjectsthatinspiredtheAmericanimagination:thebuffalo,thegiantsequoia,andNiagaraFalls(symbolisingvastnaturalbounty),andthegun,therailroad,andtheclock(representingallthingsmechanicalandthepurposefuluseoftime).Eachoftheseservedasculturallightningrods,sparkingcreativityacrossawideswatheofAmericansociety.Visionsofbuffaloherds,railroadtrestles,enormoustrees,andWinchesterriflesengagednotonlyartists,scientists,andinventors,butalsopoets,educators,farmers,chaplains,andmembersofCongress.ThisnewbookisastunningtributetothepioneeringandinventingspiritthatsymbolizesAmerica.