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Tilt : a skewed history of the Tower of Pisa
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Tilt : a skewed history of the Tower of Pisa

Author: Nicholas Shrady
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2003.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Shrady, Nicholas.
Tilt.
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2003
(OCoLC)606994648
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Nicholas Shrady
ISBN: 0743229266 9780743229265
OCLC Number: 52086370
Description: xxiii, 161 p. : ill., 1 map ; 22 cm.
Contents: 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
Responsibility: Nicholas Shrady.
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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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