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Eiffel's Tower
by Jill Jonnes
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0143117297
- ISBN 13
- 9780143117292
- Seller
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Trade paperback edition, published by Penguin, 2010. 354 pages with Notes and Index. The fascinating story of the the building of the Eiffel Tower. This copy is not a remainder, not a library discard. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. No creases to the cover or spine. The binding is tight and square. Only light wear from use. Attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory.
Synopsis
The story of the world-famous monument and the extraordinary world's fair that introduced it 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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Details
- Bookseller
- Hopkins Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20-572
- Title
- Eiffel's Tower
- Author
- Jill Jonnes
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0143117297
- ISBN 13
- 9780143117292
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010-04
- Keywords
- paris, eiffel tower, france, history, art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; France; Architecture;
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About the Seller
Hopkins Books
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Nashua, New Hampshire
About Hopkins Books
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