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Average rating: 3.92 · 7,584 ratings · 916 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Eiffel's Tower and the World's Fair: Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count 3.79 avg rating — 3,394 ratings — published 2009 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World 4.08 avg rating — 2,822 ratings — published 2003 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels 3.96 avg rating — 871 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape 3.84 avg rating — 319 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	South Bronx Rising: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of an American City 4.23 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1986 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hep-Cats, Narcs, and Pipe Dreams: A History of America's Romance With Illegal Drugs 3.72 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eiffel's Tower for Young People (For Young People Series) by Jill Jonnes, Rebecca Stefoff (Goodreads Author) (Adapter) 3.78 avg rating — 45 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We're Still Here: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of the South Bronx by Jill Jonnes 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	CONQUERING GOTHAM A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn station and Its Tu 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empires of Light Edison, Tesla, Westinghous, and the race to Electrify the World by Jill Jonnes, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The emblems of status may shift, but human nature generally delights in being first.”
― Jill Jonnes, Empires of Light

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“No competition means no invention.”20 In the wake of the Barings debacle, however, Villard had seen his German-funded North American Bank, source of much Edison GE electrical capital, collapse.”
― Jill Jonnes, Empires of Light

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“George Westinghouse, like Edison, thought money was important only as a form of “stored energy” to use as he wished in his work and expand his businesses. He was interested not in being rich, but in helping the world. He strove incessantly to deliver better, more reliable products.”
― Jill Jonnes, Empires of Light

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