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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.Edition: 40th anniversary ed., hardcover edDescription: 605 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781451683233
  • 9780743218313 (ebk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 624.2/3097471 22
LOC classification:
  • TG25.N53 M32 2012
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Contents:
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.
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Book Book INES Library 620 - Engineering 624.2/3097471 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 2014-0625

Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1972; reprinted with new preface by the author.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [567]-578) and index.

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.

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