Great bridge : the epic story of the building of the Brooklyn bridge
McCullough, David
Great bridge : the epic story of the building of the Brooklyn bridge - New York Simon & Schuster Paperbacks 2012 - 363,iiip.
CONTENTS
AUTHOR'S NOTE
PART ONE
1. The Plan 21
2. Man of Iron 39
3. The Genuine Language of America 63
4. Father and Son 85
5. Brooklyn 103
6. The Proper Person to See 122
7. The Chief Engineer 144
PART TWO
8. All According to Plan 173
9. Down in the Caisson 195
PICTURE SECTION 215
10. Fire 231
11. The Past Catches Up 248
12. How Natural, Right, and Proper 269
13. The Mysterious Disorder 289
14. The Heroic Mode 309
PART THREE
15. At the Halfway Mark 325
16. Spirits of '76 339
17. A Perfect Pandemonium 355
18. Number 8, Birmingham Gauge 372
19. The Gigantic Spinning Machine 397
PICTURE SECTION
20. Wire Fraud 434
21. Emily 452
22. The Man in the Window 479
23. And Yet the Bridge Is Beautiful 505
24. The People's Day 525
EPILOGUE 543
APPENDIX 563
NOTES 567
PICTURE CREDITS 601
BIBLIOGRAPHY 603
INDEX 613
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Great bridge : the epic story of the building of the Brooklyn bridge - New York Simon & Schuster Paperbacks 2012 - 363,iiip.
CONTENTS
AUTHOR'S NOTE
PART ONE
1. The Plan 21
2. Man of Iron 39
3. The Genuine Language of America 63
4. Father and Son 85
5. Brooklyn 103
6. The Proper Person to See 122
7. The Chief Engineer 144
PART TWO
8. All According to Plan 173
9. Down in the Caisson 195
PICTURE SECTION 215
10. Fire 231
11. The Past Catches Up 248
12. How Natural, Right, and Proper 269
13. The Mysterious Disorder 289
14. The Heroic Mode 309
PART THREE
15. At the Halfway Mark 325
16. Spirits of '76 339
17. A Perfect Pandemonium 355
18. Number 8, Birmingham Gauge 372
19. The Gigantic Spinning Machine 397
PICTURE SECTION
20. Wire Fraud 434
21. Emily 452
22. The Man in the Window 479
23. And Yet the Bridge Is Beautiful 505
24. The People's Day 525
EPILOGUE 543
APPENDIX 563
NOTES 567
PICTURE CREDITS 601
BIBLIOGRAPHY 603
INDEX 613
9780671457112
624.2 / McC