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The great bridge : the epic story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge  Cover Image Book Book

The great bridge : the epic story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge / David McCullough.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780671457112
  • ISBN: 1451683235
  • Physical Description: 636 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
  • Edition: Simon & Schuster paperback.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1972; reprinted with new preface by the author.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part one. The Plan -- Man of Iron -- The Genuine Language of America -- Father and Son -- Brooklyn -- The Proper Person to See -- The Chief Engineer -- Part two. All According to Plan -- Down in the Caisson -- Picture Section -- Fire -- The Past Catches Up -- How Natural, Right, and Proper -- The Mysterious Disorder -- The Heroic Mode -- Part three. At the Halfway Mark -- Spirits of 76 -- A Perfect Pandemonium -- Number 8, Birmingham Gauge -- The Gigantic Spinning Machine -- Picture Section -- Wire Fraud -- Emily -- The Man in the Window -- And Yet the Bridge Is Beautiful -- The People's Day -- Epilogue -- Appendix --Notes -- Picture credits -- Bibliography -- Index
Subject: Bridges > New York (State)
Bridges > Design and construction.
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) > History.

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