The Great Bridge
A detailed account of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge providing background on its engineering history as well as the political and social climate of the late-nineteenth century.
| Main Author: | McCullough, David G. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Simon and Schuster,
1982, c1972.
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| Edition: | Editions vary. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
A detailed account of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge providing background on its engineering history as well as the political and social climate of the late-nineteenth century. |
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| Physical Description: |
636 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Bibliography: p. 603-612. |
| ISBN: |
0671212133 9780671212131 067145711X 9780671457112 |
| Author Notes: |
His first book, The Johnstown Flood, was published in 1968. His other books include 1776, Brave Companions, The Great Bridge, and The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris. He received the Pulitzer Prize twice for Truman and John Adams and the National Book Award twice for The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal and Mornings on Horseback. He also won two Francis Parkman Prizes, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and New York Public Library's Literary Lion Award. Two of his books, Truman and John Adams, have been adapted into a television movie and mini-series, respectively, by HBO. In December 2006, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He also made the New York Times Best Seller List in 2015 with his book The Wright Brothers, and in 2017 with The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For. (Bowker Author Biography) |