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001 2008049839
003 DLC
005 20100813134413.0
008 081114s2009 nyuab b 001 0deng
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn273825375
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050 00 $aT803.D6$bE54 2009
082 00 $a907.4/44361$222
084 $a15.70$2bcl
100 1 $aJonnes, Jill,$d1952-
245 10 $aEiffel's tower :$band the World's Fair where Buffalo Bill beguiled Paris, the artists quarreled, and Thomas Edison became a count /$cJill Jonnes.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bViking,$c2009.
300 $a354 p. :$bill., map ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [317]-337) and index.
505 0 $aWe 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.
520 $aPresents 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.
611 20 $aExposition universelle de 1889$c(Paris, France)
650 0 $aTour Eiffel (Paris, France)
600 10 $aEiffel, Gustave,$d1832-1923.