Eiffel's tower and the World's Fair where Buffalo Bill beguiled Paris, the artists quarreled, and Thomas Edison became a count
(2009)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
944.361/JONNES,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Viking, [2009]
©2009
©2009
DESCRIPTION
354 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780670020607, 0670020605
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Presents 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