Chief engineer : Washington Roebling, the man who built the Brooklyn Bridge / Erica Wagner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wagner, Erica, 1967- author.

Contributor:

Mezhibovskaya, Katya., Bookjacket designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roebling, Washington Augustus, 1837-1926.

Roebling, Washington Augustus.

Civil engineers--United States--Biography.

Civil engineers.

Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)--History.

Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 364 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury USA, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Summary:

As much a part of the New York skyline as the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building, the Brooklyn Bridge is instantly and internationally recognizable. Yet as iconic as it is, its builder, Washington Roebling, is too often forgotten. The Brooklyn Bridge took 14 dramatic years to complete and here the personal story which lies behind that construction is told for the first time. Meticulously researched, and written with revealing archival material only recently uncovered, this is an engaging and illuminating portrait of a brilliant and driven man, and of the era in which he lived.

Notes:

Jacket design: Katya Mezhibovskaya.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781620400517 : HRD

1620400510 : HRD