Eiffel's tower: The thrilling story behind paris's beloved monument and the extraordinary world's fair that introduced it
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The story of the world-famous monument and the extraordinary world's fair that introduced it, by the author of Conquering Gotham and Urban Forests. In this first general history of the Eiffel Tower in English, Jill Jonnes - acclaimed author of Conquering Gotham - offers an eye-opening look not only at the construction of one of the modern world's most iconic structures, but also the epochal event that surrounded its arrival as a wonder of the world. In this marvelously entertaining portrait of Belle Époque France, fear and loathing over Eiffel's brash design share the spotlight with the celebrities that made the 1889 Exposition Universelle an event to remember-including Buffalo Bill and his sharpshooter Annie Oakley, Thomas Edison, and artists Whistler, Gauguin, and van Gogh. Eiffel's Tower is a richly textured portrait of an era at the dawn of modernity, reveling in the limitless promise of the future.
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Grouping Title | eiffels tower the thrilling story behind pariss beloved monument and the extraordinary worlds fair that introduced it |
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subject_facet | Bemis book club kit Eiffel, Gustave, -- 1832-1923 Electronic books Exposition universelle de 1889 Exposition universelle de 1889 -- (Paris, France) History Nonfiction Tour Eiffel (Paris, France) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | Eiffel's tower : the thrilling story behind Paris's beloved monument and the extraordinary World's Fair that introduced it | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | Eiffel's tower [book club kit] : the thrilling story behind Paris's beloved monument and the extraordinary World's Fair that introduced it / Jill Jonnes Eiffel's tower [electronic resource] : The thrilling story behind paris's beloved monument and the extraordinary world's fair that introduced it. Jill Jonnes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | Eiffel's tower | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | The thrilling story behind paris's beloved monument and the extraordinary world's fair that introduced it | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Eiffel, Gustave History Nonfiction Tour Eiffel (Paris, France) |