Eiffel's tower and the World's Fair where Buffalo Bill beguiled Paris, the artists quarreled, and Thomas Edison became a count
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...
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New York, N.Y. :
Viking,
2009.
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Table of Contents:
- We 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.
