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100 1 _aMcCullough, David G.
245 1 4 _aThe great bridge :
_bthe epic story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge
_cDavid McCullough.
250 _aHardcover ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bSimon & Schuster,
_c2012.
300 _a636 p., [16] p. of plates :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
500 _aOriginally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1972; reprinted with new preface by the author.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPart 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.
651 0 _aBrooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
_xHistory
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