Bibliograph

Colossus, Hoover Dam and the making of the American century, Michael Hiltzik

Type

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Colossus, Hoover Dam and the making of the American century, Michael Hiltzik

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-474) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplatesmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Colossus

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

436310851

Responsibility statement

Michael Hiltzik

Sub title

Hoover Dam and the making of the American century

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

Table Of 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

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