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Colossus

Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century

Colossus( )
Author: Hiltzik, Michael
ISBN:978-1-4391-8158-4
Publication Date:Jun 2010
Publisher:Free Press
Imprint:Free Press
Book Format:Ebook
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Book Description:

As breathtaking today as the day it was completed, Hoover Dam not only shaped the American West but helped launch the American century. In the depths of the Great Depression it became a symbol of American resilience and ingenuity in the face of crisis, putting thousands of men to work in a remote desert canyon and bringing unruly nature to heel. Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Michael Hiltzik uses the saga of the dam's conception, design, and construction to tell the broader...
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