Colossus : : Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century
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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.
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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PUBLISHED
New York : Free Press, c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 496 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781416532163
1416532161
SUBJECTS
Dams -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- History.
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- History.