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Harriss, Joseph Arnold was born on March 19, 1936 in Galveston, Texas, United States. Son of Joseph Basil and Bivian Natalie (Arnold) Harriss.
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The Tallest Tower: Eiffel And The Belle Epoque
(The Paris Universal Exposition of 1889 celebrated France'...)
The Paris Universal Exposition of 1889 celebrated France's recovery from the humiliating defeat of the Franco-Prussian War, and Gustave Eiffel's thousand-foot tower represented the glory of that achievement. But the iron tower was a stunning accomplishment in its own right, the tallest structure made by man. The story of the Eiffel Tower is also that of a master builder of the industrializing nineteenth century. Wielding iron in new ways, Eiffel scattered his creations around the globe--train stations and vaulting bridges in Europe, South America, and Indochina, the interior bracing of the Statue of Liberty in the United States. At the peak of his career he easily won the contract to design the audacious monument that came to symbolize not only Paris but a rare moment in history. Over the years the tower has been scorned, exalted, analyzed by philosophers for hidden meaning, and seized upon by eccentrics for bizarre stunts. Exuberant culmination of the nineteenth century's unreserved enthusiasm for machines, the Eiffel Tower remains the world's most famous landmark.
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Tallest tower: Eiffel and the Belle Epoque
(The Paris Universal Exposition of 1889 celebrated France'...)
The Paris Universal Exposition of 1889 celebrated France's recovery from the humiliating defeat of the Franco-Prussian War, and Gustave Eiffel's thousand-foot tower represented the glory of that achievement. But the iron tower was a stunning accomplishment in its own right, the tallest structure made by man. The story of the Eiffel Tower is also that of a master builder of the industrializing nineteenth century. Wielding iron in new ways, Eiffel scattered his creations around the globe--train stations and vaulting bridges in Europe, South America, and Indochina, the interior bracing of the Statue of Liberty in the United States. At the peak of his career he easily won the contract to design the audacious monument that came to symbolize not only Paris but a rare moment in history. Over the years the tower has been scorned, exalted, analyzed by philosophers for hidden meaning, and seized upon by eccentrics for bizarre stunts. Exuberant culmination of the nineteenth century's unreserved enthusiasm for machines, the Eiffel Tower remains the world's most famous landmark.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0395204402/?tag=2022091-20
Joseph Arnold Harriss
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Education
Bachelor cum laude, University Notre Dame, 1958. Postgraduate, Institute d'Etudes Politiques, Paris, 1963. Postgraduate, University Paris Sorbonne, 1959.
Career
Public information officer United States Air Force Strategic Air Command, 1959-1962. Correspondent Time magazine, Paris, Algiers, Brussels, 1963-1969. Associate editor, roving editor Reader's Digest, Paris, 1969-1985.
Senior editor United States Information Agency, Washington, 1985-1988. Chief corporation communications Bernard Krief Consultant Group, Paris, 1989-1991. Senior editor European office Reader's Digest, 1992-1994.
Freelance writer, since 1994.
Works
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The Tallest Tower: Eiffel And The Belle Epoque
(The Paris Universal Exposition of 1889 celebrated France'...)
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Tallest tower: Eiffel and the Belle Epoque
(The Paris Universal Exposition of 1889 celebrated France'...)
- The Tallest Tower: Eiffel And The Belle Epoque by Joseph Harriss (2008-02-08)
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The Tallest Tower: Eiffel And The Belle Epoque
Membership
First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1959-1962.
Connections
Married Claudie Jeanne Meunier, December 24, 1970. 1 child, Christopher J.
