

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Patrick Murphy | Prelude to a Century: The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 03 May, 2025 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Meet author and Emmy-award winning producer, Patrick Murphy, for a book signing of Prelude to a Century: The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

This event is free and will take place at the bookshop. Pre-order your copy of the featured book today by calling the bookstore at 618-744-7323 (READ) or by clicking the book image below to purchase online. Please specify if you will be attending the book signing.

About the book:

No single event in the history of St. Louis shines as brightly as the 1904 World’s Fair. Forest Park was transformed into a magnificent Ivory City of immense palaces and dramatic vistas. Cascades and fountains splashed and bubbled. Giant engines hummed, powering a million electric lights. Twenty million visitors passed through its gates to witness wonderous displays of the technological achievements of humankind.

In this spectacular volume, Patrick Murphy takes us beyond the sights and sounds of the Fair into the minds of those who were there. His stories are those of a generation standing on the brink of a new century, with a sense of wonder and optimism. Murphy helps us appreciate how the Fair was a product of its time both in noble aspirations and base prejudices. Exhibits featuring flying machines, automobiles, enormous turbines, and wireless telegraphy stood beside “villages” displaying indigenous people as if they were in a zoo.

Murphy’s storytelling takes us to the heart of the Fair, amid its sights, sounds, and smells. We’re part of the crowd. If the past is a different country, Prelude to a Century is the perfect traveler’s guide to a monumental event that continues to resonate with history lovers.

About the author:

As a television producer, Patrick Murphy has earned six Emmys for his public television documentaries on the history and culture of the American heartland. He is the author of Candy Men: The Story of Switzer’s Licorice, The Irish in St Louis: From Shanty to Lace Curtain, and Places to Pray: Holy Sites in Catholic Missouri.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/belleville/patrick-murphy-|-prelude-to-a-century-the-1904-st-louis-worlds-fair/200028096673755
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, performances, theatre, entertainment, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 43

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Belleville
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 20 East Main Street, Belleville, IL, United States, Illinois 62220
- **lat**: 38.51297
- **long**: -89.98362
- **full address**: 20 East Main Street, Belleville, IL, United States, Illinois 62220

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Belleville Books (https://allevents.in/org/belleville-books/24783282)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 03 May, 2025 at 01:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 20 East Main Street, Belleville, IL, United States, Illinois 62220
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Belleville Books
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, performances, theatre, entertainment, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Patrick Murphy | Prelude to a Century: The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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