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Author Hiltzik, Michael A.

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

Imprint New York : Free Press, c2010.

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 E&H Kelly Main Collection  TC557.5.H6 H55 2010    CHECK SHELVES
Descript 496 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 466-474) and index.
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.
Contents Introduction: September 30, 1935: Roosevelt comes to the river -- Pt. 1: The sinful river. The journey of death ; Born of the desert ; Rockwood's gamble ; The Lord's dame site -- Pt. 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 -- Pt. 3: The arch. The jumbos ; Turning points ; The rising ; The pour ; Reckonings ; The crest ; Legacies.
Subject Dams -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Design and construction -- History.
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- History.
ISBN 9781416532163
1416532161
9781439181584 (ebk.)
1439181586 (ebk.)