Bahá’í history 101B

The Bahá'í Faith was introduced to the West at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair by a Methodist minister. In 1911-12, Bahá’u’lláh’s eldest son, Abdu’l-Bahá, traveled to Europe and America to establish the first western Bahá’í institutions and lay the cornerstone for the Bahá’í Temple in Wilmette, IL.

“The White Dog,” my British SF Award-nominated novelette (Interzone), gets its title from the story it contains about Abdu’l-Bahá’s visit to New York....