The Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City: Spectacle and Assassination at the 1901 World's Fair

The 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, opened amid a fanfare of stunning colors and electric lights; its wonders, both strange and magnificent, dazzled the public.


Then tragedy struck. An assassin stalked the fairgrounds, waiting for President William McKinley. A female daredevil captivated crowds by trying to ride a barrel over Niagara Falls. Apache leader Geronimo startled visitors with a controversial performance. And a showman called the Animal King, the self-proclaimed star of the Midway, announced that one of his acts, the smallest woman in the world and the fair’s “mascot,” had been kidnapped.


In this extraordinary account, Margaret S. Creighton lifts the curtain on the assassination of McKinley as well as on the fair’s lesser-known battles. In a story that is by turns suspenseful, heartrending, and triumphant, she reveals the myriad power struggles that not only marked the Exposition but shaped the new century.

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