Eiffel's Tower
by Jill Jonnes
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0143117297
- ISBN 13
- 9780143117292
- Seller
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Synopsis
The story of the world-famous monument and the extraordinary world's fair that introduced it 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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- Bookseller
- Hopkins Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20-572
- Title
- Eiffel's Tower
- Author
- Jill Jonnes
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0143117297
- ISBN 13
- 9780143117292
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010-04
- Keywords
- paris, eiffel tower, france, history, art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; France; Architecture;
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