| Edition |
First Free Press hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 496 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-474) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: September 30, 1935: Roosevelt comes to the river -- 1: The sinful river -- The journey of death -- Born of the desert -- Rockwood's gamble -- The Lord's dame site -- 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 -- 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. |
| Subject |
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- History.
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Dams -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Design and construction -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781416532163 |
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1416532161 |
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