Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America's Greatest BridgeThe Golden Gate Bridge links the urbanity of San Francisco with the wild headlands of Marin County, as if to suggest the paradox of California and America itself-the place that Fitzgerald saw as the last spot commensurate with the human capacity for wonder. The bridge, completed in 1937, also announced to the world America's engineering prowess and full assumption of its destined continental dominance. The Golden Gate is a counterpart to the Statue of Liberty, pronouncing American achievement in an unmistakable American fashion. The nation's very history is expressed in the bridge's art deco style and stark verticality. |
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User Review - williwhy - LibraryThingStarr does his usual excellent job of placing this bridge into historic, geographic, and cultural contexts. The prose is often beautiful and engaging, but sometimes over-reaching and forced. The story ... Read full review
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User Review - stevetempo - LibraryThingKevin Starr does an excellent job in framing this great American icon into a wonderful interdisciplinary context.. His descriptions, both detailed and poetic, serve to clearly convey a wonderful ... Read full review
Contents
Bridge | 1 |
Icon | 9 |
Site | 18 |
Vision | 33 |
Politics | 56 |
Money | 73 |
Design | 83 |
Construction | 109 |
City | 137 |
Suicide | 165 |
Art | 176 |
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