Chief Engineer: Washington Roebling, The Man Who Built the Brooklyn BridgeThe first full biography of a crucial figure in the American story--Washington Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn Bridge. |
Contents
1 No one ever does just the right thing in great emergencies | 1 |
2 The finest place in the world | 19 |
3 Something of the tiger in him | 36 |
4 I was not a chip off the old block | 61 |
5 It is curious how persons lose their heads in times of excitement | 77 |
6 The urgency of the moment overpowers everything | 89 |
7 I am very much of the opinion that she has captured your brother Washys heart at last | 113 |
8 All beginnings are difficult but dont give up | 130 |
14 She goes everywhere and sees everything | 247 |
15 The image of his wife floats before him | 266 |
16 You cant desert your job | 288 |
17 Time age cures all this | 303 |
Cold Spring | 310 |
Acknowledgments | 313 |
Notes | 317 |
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Chief Engineer: Washington Roebling, The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge Erica Wagner Limited preview - 2017 |
Chief Engineer: Washington Roebling, The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge Erica Wagner Limited preview - 2017 |
Chief Engineer: Washington Roebling, The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge Erica Wagner No preview available - 2019 |