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Colossus : Hoover Dam and the making of the American century / Michael Hiltzik.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Free Press, 2010Edition: First Free Press hardcover editionDescription: xiv, 496 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1416532161
  • 9781416532163
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 627.820979313 22
LOC classification:
  • TC557.5.H6 H55 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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