The great bridge : the epic story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge
David McCullough.
- Hardcover ed.
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
- 636 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1972; reprinted with new preface by the author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part one. The Plan -- Man of Iron -- The Genuine Language of America -- Father and Son -- Brooklyn -- The Proper Person to See -- The Chief Engineer -- Part two. All According to Plan -- Down in the Caisson -- Picture Section -- Fire -- The Past Catches Up -- How Natural, Right, and Proper -- The Mysterious Disorder -- The Heroic Mode -- Part three. At the Halfway Mark -- Spirits of 76 - - A Perfect Pandemonium -- Number 8, Birmingham Gauge -- The Gigantic Spinning Machine -- Picture Section -- Wire Fraud -- Emily -- The Man in the Window -- And Yet the Bridge Is Beautiful -- The People's Day -- Epilogue -- Appendix.