Screen LibraryEiffel's tower：and the World's Fair where Buffalo Bill beguiled Paris, the artists quarreled, and Thomas Edison became a count
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Viking,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, N.Y. |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 354 p.: ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780670020607 (cloth) 0670020605 |
| Index Number: | G245 |
| CLC: |
G245-09 K956.58 |
| Call Number: | G245-09/J799 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-337) and index. 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. Presents a compelling account of the Eiffel Tower's creation and a superb portrait of Belle Epoque France. As Gustave Eiffel held court that summer atop his one-thousand-foot tower, a remarkable host of artists and personalities--Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, Gauguin, Whistler, and Edison--traveled to Paris and the Exposition Universelle (1889 World's Fair) to mingle and make their mark. |