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Colossus : Hoover Dam and the making of the American century
- Title
- Colossus : Hoover Dam and the making of the American century / Michael Hiltzik.
- Author
- Hiltzik, Michael A.
- Publication
- New York : Free Press, c2010.
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- Description
- 496 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- 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.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 466-474) 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.
- Call Number
- JSE 11-402
- ISBN
- 9781416532163
- 1416532161
- LCCN
- 2009033833
- OCLC
- 436310851
- Author
- Hiltzik, Michael A.
- Title
- Colossus : Hoover Dam and the making of the American century / Michael Hiltzik.
- Imprint
- New York : Free Press, c2010.
- Edition
- 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 466-474) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JSE 11-402JBE 11-515