iEiffel's Tower for Young People iis a vivid, lively pageant of people and cultures meeting--and competing--on the world stage at the dawn of the modern era. pThe 1889 World's Fair was a worldwide event showcasing the cutting-edge cultural and technological accomplishments of the world's most powerful nations on the verge of a new century. France, with its long history of sophistication and cultivation and a new republican government, presented the Eiffel Tower, the world's tallest structure, crafted from eighteen thousand pieces of wrought iron and 2.5 million rivets, 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 Annie Oakley, and the marvelous new phonograph of Thomas Edison. pWith historical photos throughout, outsized personalities, squabbling artists, and a sprinkling of royalty, this dramatic history opens