@article{336802, author = {Jonnes, Jill,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/336802}, title = {Eiffel's tower : and the World's Fair where Buffalo Bill beguiled Paris, the artists quarreled, and Thomas Edison became a count /}, publisher = {Viking,}, abstract = {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.}, recid = {336802}, pages = {354 p. :}, address = {New York, N.Y. :}, year = {2009}, }