Tilt : a skewed history of the Tower of Pisa / Nicholas Shrady.

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Shrady, Nicholas.

Title & Author:

Tilt : a skewed history of the Tower of Pisa / Nicholas Shrady.

Publication:

Description:

xxiii, 161 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- A Pisan Time Line -- Commissione #17 -- Afloat on a Blood-Red Sea -- Booty Transformed -- Terreni Limosi -- Unfinished Business -- The Stuff of Myth -- Of Poets and Men of Progress -- The Tiltin' Hilton -- Step This Way, Signore e Signori.

Summary:

A chronicle of the famous structure notes its long construction postponement after the erection of the first four stories in 1173; its survival of earthquakes, war, and tourism; and the contributions of Galileo and other figures.

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Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0743229266
9780743229265
0743231694
9780743231695

Subject:

Leaning Tower (Pisa, Italy)
Tour penchée (Pise, Italie)
Buildings
Pisa (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Pisa (Italy) History.
Pise (Italie) Constructions.
Pise (Italie) Histoire.
Italy Pisa

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 257300
Call No.: BIB 187756
Status: Available

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