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Colossus: Hoover Dam and the making of the American century
Colossus: Hoover Dam and the making of the American century
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Hiltzik, Michael A
Publisher
Free Press
Publication Date
2010
Language
English
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From the Book - 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
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 dam 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.
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Dams
Dams -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Design and construction -- History
Design and construction
History
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- History
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9781416532163
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