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Author:

Hiltzik, Michael A.

Title:

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

Edition:

1st Free Press hardcover ed.

Publisher:

Free Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

496 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)--History.
Dams--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--History.--History.

Notes:

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.

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.

ISBN:

1439181586 (ebk.)
9781439181584 (ebk.)
1416532161
9781416532163

OCLC:

(OCoLC)436310851

LCCN:

2009033833

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