Eiffel's Tower: The Thrilling Story Behind Paris's Beloved Monument and the Extraordinary World's Fair That Introduced ItPenguin, 30 квіт. 2009 р. - 368 стор. 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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CHAPTER THREE Troubles on the Tower | |
CHAPTER FOUR The First Elevator of Its Kind | |
CHAPTER FIVE In Which the Artists Quarrel and the Tower Opens | |
CHAPTER SIX Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley Triumphant | |
CHAPTER SEVEN Gustave Eiffel Holds Court amid the Art Wars | |
CHAPTEREIGHT The Monarchs of the World Ascend the Republican Tower | |
CHAPTER NINE In Which Thomas Edison Hails the Eiffel Tower and Becomes | |
CHAPTER TEN Rosa Bonheur Meets Buffalo Bill | |
CHAPTER ELEVEN Afterword | |
Acknowledgements | |
PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS | |
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