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Jill Jonnes

Eiffel'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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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 ev… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-14-311729-2
  • EAN: 9780143117292
  • Produktnummer: 5412380
  • Verlag: Penguin Putnam Inc
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
  • Seitenangabe: 354 S.
  • Masse: H21.3 cm x B13.9 cm x D2.1 cm 340 g
  • Gewicht: 340
  • Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor


Jill Jonnes is the author of Eiffel's Tower, Urban Forests, Conquering Gotham, Empires of Light, and South Bronx Rising. She was named a National Endowment for the Humanities scholar and has received several grants from the Ford Foundation. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

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