Bibliograph

The Great Bridge, David McCullough

Type

Label

The Great Bridge, David McCullough

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 603-612) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Great Bridge

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

482678

Responsibility statement

David McCullough

Summary

A detailed account of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge providing background on its engineering history as well as the political and social climate of the late-nineteenth century

Table Of Contents

The Plan -- Man of Iron -- The Genuine Language of America -- Father and Son -- Brooklyn -- The Proper Person to See -- The Chief Engineer -- All According to Plan -- Down in the Caisson -- Fire -- The Past Catches Up -- How Natural, Right, and Proper -- The Mysterious Disorder -- The Heroic Mode -- At the Halfway Mark -- Spirits of '76 -- A Perfect Pandemonium -- Number 8, Birmingham Gauge -- The Gigantic Spinning Machine -- Wire Fraud -- Emily -- The Man in the Window -- And Yet the Bridge Is Beautiful -- The People's Day

Target audience

adult

Classification

Creator