TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hiltzik,Michael A.
TI  - Colossus: Hoover Dam and the making of the American century 
SN  - 1416532161
AV  - TC557.5.H6 H55 2010
U1  - 627.820979313 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Free Press
KW  - Dams
KW  - Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
KW  - Design and construction
KW  - History
KW  - Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009033833-s.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2009033833-b.html
ER  -