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03235aam a2200385 i 4500 001 3F77FBE2A3A411E98A14990697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190711012213 008 181107t20192019nyuab d 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018052735 020 $a 1609809173 020 $a 9781609809171 020 $a 160980905X 020 $a 9781609809058 035 $a (OCoLC)1074244672 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d JNE $d JAS $d HBP $d JUH $d SILO 043 $a e-fr--- 100 1 $a Jonnes, Jill, $d 1952- $e author. 245 10 $a Eiffel's tower : $b the story of the 1889 World's Fair for young people / $c Jill Jonnes ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff. 264 1 $a New York : $b Seven Stories Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xi, 354 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 20 cm. 500 $a Adaptation for young adults of: Eiffel's tower. New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2009. 504 $a Includes index. 505 0 $a Showdown in Paris -- Eiffel under attack -- Troubles on the tower -- Going up! -- A grand opening -- Two triumphs -- Americans meet the world -- Art wars -- The fourth of July -- Monarchs of the world -- Edison's adventure -- Last days -- After the fair. 520 $a Weaving together the behind-the-scenes history of the Eiffel Tower with an account of the 1889 World's Fair in Paris for which the tower was built, Jonnes creates a vivid, lively pageant of people and cultures meeting -- and competing. The book opens a window into a piece of the past that, in its passions and politics, feels timelessly modern: art, science, business, entertainment, gossip, royalty, and national pride mingle in an unforgettable portrait of a unique moment in history, when Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley became the toasts of Paris and Gustave Eiffel, builder of the tower, rose to the pinnacle of fame, only to suffer a tragic fall from grace. Above all, the 1889 World's Fair revolved around two nations, whose potent symbols were the twin poles of the fair. France, with its long history of sophistication and cultivation, and with a new republican government eager for the country to take its place at the forefront of the modern world, presented the Eiffel Tower -- the world's tallest structure -- as a symbol of national pride and engineering superiority. The United States, with its brash, can-do spirit, full of pride in its frontier and its ingenuity, presented the rollicking Wild West show of Buffalo Bill Cody and the marvelous new phonograph of Thomas Edison. Eiffel, Cody, Oakley, and Edison are just a few of the characters who populate Jonnes' dramatic history. The drama, color, and personalities that made the adult book so fascinating and critically acclaimed, are all here in spades as adapted for middle grade and above by Rebecca Stefoff. 611 20 $a Exposition universelle de 1889 $c (Paris, France) 600 10 $a Eiffel, Gustave, $d 1832-1923. 650 0 $a Tour Eiffel (Paris, France) 655 7 $a Narrative nonfiction. $2 local 655 7 $a Creative nonfiction. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Stefoff, Rebecca, $d 1951- $e author. 941 $a 2 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20231102013513.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20190711012805.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3F77FBE2A3A411E98A14990697128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search