23 records matched your query       

Author:

Jonnes, Jill, 1952-

Title:

Eiffel's tower : and the World's Fair where Buffalo Bill beguiled Paris, the artists quarreled, and Thomas Edison became a count / Jill Jonnes.

Publisher:

Viking,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

354 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Exposition universelle de 1889--(Paris, France)
Tour Eiffel (Paris, France)
Eiffel, Gustave,--1832-1923.
Wereldtentoonstellingen.
Eiffeltoren.
Parijs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-337) and index.

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.

ISBN:

0670020605
9780670020607

OCLC:

(OCoLC)273825375

LCCN:

2008049839

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CPPC926 -- Kalona Public Library (Kalona)

JMPC081 -- Madrid Public Library (Madrid)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

VKPE334 -- Oelwein Public Library (Oelwein)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)