Colossus : Hoover Dam and the making of the American century /
Hiltzik, Michael A.,
Colossus : Hoover Dam and the making of the American century / Michael Hiltzik. - First Free Press hardcover edition. - xiv, 496 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 466-474) and index.
Introduction: September 30, 1935: Roosevelt comes to the river -- Pt. 1: The sinful river. The journey of death ; Born of the desert ; Rockwood's gamble ; The Lord's dame site -- Pt. 2: The road to black canyon. Hoover steps in ; Battlegrounds ; Hurry-up Crowe ; The silver spike ; The big six ; Ragtown ; Rush job ; The Wobblies' last stand ; Ely's kingdom -- Pt. 3: The arch. The jumbos ; Turning points ; The rising ; The pour ; Reckonings ; The crest ; Legacies.
The author of "Dealers of Lightning" pens the definitive account of the epic construction of the Hoover Dam, one of the the 20th century's most consequential public works.
1416532161 9781416532163
2009033833
Dams--Design and construction--History.--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)--History
TC557.5.H6 / H55 2010
627.820979313
Colossus : Hoover Dam and the making of the American century / Michael Hiltzik. - First Free Press hardcover edition. - xiv, 496 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 466-474) and index.
Introduction: September 30, 1935: Roosevelt comes to the river -- Pt. 1: The sinful river. The journey of death ; Born of the desert ; Rockwood's gamble ; The Lord's dame site -- Pt. 2: The road to black canyon. Hoover steps in ; Battlegrounds ; Hurry-up Crowe ; The silver spike ; The big six ; Ragtown ; Rush job ; The Wobblies' last stand ; Ely's kingdom -- Pt. 3: The arch. The jumbos ; Turning points ; The rising ; The pour ; Reckonings ; The crest ; Legacies.
The author of "Dealers of Lightning" pens the definitive account of the epic construction of the Hoover Dam, one of the the 20th century's most consequential public works.
1416532161 9781416532163
2009033833
Dams--Design and construction--History.--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)--History
TC557.5.H6 / H55 2010
627.820979313