Eiffel's Tower The Thrilling Story Behind Paris's Beloved Monument and the Extraordinary World's Fair That Introduced It

Name: Eiffel's Tower The Thrilling Story Behind Paris's Beloved Monument and the Extraordinary World's Fair That Introduced It
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ISBN: 9780143117292

ISBN-10: 0143117297

ISBN-13: 9780143117292

Edition: 2010

Authors: Jill Jonnes

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Like "The Devil in the White City" and David McCullough's accounts of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, "Eiffel's Tower" combines technological and social history to create a richly textured portrayal of an age of aspiration, dreams, and programs. 44 photos.

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/27/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.35" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English




We Meet Our Characters, Who Intend to Dazzle the World at the Paris Exposition



Gustave Eiffel and "the Odious Column of Bolted Metal"



Troubles on the Tower



"The First Elevator of Its Kind"



In Which the Artists Quarrel and the Tower Opens



Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley Triumphant



Gustave Eiffel Holds Court amid the Art Wars



The Monarchs of the World Ascend the Republican Tower



In Which Thomas Edison Hails the Eiffel Tower and Becomes an Italian Count



Rosa Bonheur Meets Buffalo Bill



Afterword


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index