A CURSE OF ASH AND IRON and the Centennial Exposition

Happy Birthday America! Being the 4th of July, I have a little relevant post today :)

The book’s out now, and I think enough people have read it that I can do some posts about stuff IN the book. Don’t worry, no spoilers!

I did a lot of research for this book. A LOT. Because I like looking stuff up, first of all — hello, Librarian! Second, I needed something to connect to Ben’s love of building things. And the Centennial Exposition had all of that.

What was it? It was the FIRST World’s Fair he...