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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge is a 1972 book about the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge written by popular historian David McCullough. It provides a history of the engineering that went into the building of the bridge as well as the toils John A. Roebling , the designer of the bridge, went through ...
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge: 1972: Brooklyn Bridge: Presentation by McCullough on The Great Bridge, September 17, 2002, C-SPAN: The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914: 1977: Panama Canal, History of the Panama Canal: National Book Award – 1978 [21] Francis Parkman ...
Emily Warren Roebling (September 23, 1843 – February 28, 1903) was an engineer known for her contributions over a period of more than 10 years to the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband Washington Roebling developed caisson disease (a.k.a. decompression disease) and became bedridden.
Brooklyn Bridge In this Academy Award-nominated film, Ken Burns, working off of a book written by the historian David McCullough, presents the bridge as a testament of American mightiness.
The Brooklyn Eagle reported in 1930 that a retired police sergeant and friend of Brodie, Thomas K. Hastings, said that Brodie had told him that he didn't make the leap and never said he did. In his book The Great Bridge, historian David McCullough said that he probably did not make the jump. McCullough said that it was commonly believed by ...
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914 (1977) is a book by the American historian David McCullough, published by Simon & Schuster. [1] [2] The 698-page book contains 80 photographs, two maps and extensive source references.
The Brooklyn Book Festival kicks off first with a week of citywide Bookend Events, then a lively Children's Day and finally a celebratory Festival Day with more than 300 authors and 250 ...
Renee Zellweger reprises her British singleton for "Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy." Here's how it ranks among the rest of the "Bridget" movies.