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. |
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User Review - Publishers WeeklyWagner (Ariel’s Gift), former literary editor at the Times of London, celebrates the stunning achievement of Washington Roebling, an unlikely giant of the industrial revolution, in this engrossing ... Read full review
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 |