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His previous books include the big crowd, strivers row, paradise alley, and dreamland. Throughout july and august, join us at pier 1 granite prospect on monday nights for book readings by featured authors, representing six of brooklyn s best independent bookstores. Of all the engineering advances in the 1800s, the brooklyn bridge stands out as perhaps the most famous and most remarkable. The book describes the 1869 to 1883 project to build.

Tomasis passion has resulted in the graphic novel, the bridge. How many were killed during the building of the brooklyn. It is still in use, making it one of the oldest roadway bridges still in use although heavy commercial trucks are no longer allowed on it. Over 6,000 people have attended the series since 2012. Brooklyn bridge, suspension bridge spanning the east river from brooklyn to manhattan in new york city. Brooklyn bridge is a 2009 bank street best childrens book of the year. I guess you could say it was my favorite hesse book.

It starts with john roebling and his design and plans for the building of the brooklyn bridge. A perfect summer nights story starts with books beneath the bridge. The brooklyn bridge turned 125 years old on may 24th, which means its time for you to read the great bridge. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. A brilliant feat of 19thcentury engineering, the bridge was the first to use steel for cable wire, and during its construction explosives were used inside a pneumatic caisson for the first time. Building the brooklyn bridge, in graphic detail the comic book writer peter j. The epic story of the building of the brooklyn bridge paperback january 12, 1983. Its the story of a monumental feat of civil engineering and human achievement. Is the upcoming movie the brooklyn bridge, staring daniel radcliffe and ben. Its easily the best book on the brooklyn bridge and ultimately one of the best books on new york city history. Building the brooklyn bridge, in graphic detail the new. Mccullough has written that sort of work which brings us to the human.

The epic story of the building of the brooklyn bridge, published by simon and schuster. The man who built the brooklyn bridge museum of the. To be fair, the building of the brooklyn bridge is a great story, but an accurate movie would be more snuff film than epic romance. It took more than a decade to build, cost the life of its designer, and was constantly criticized by skeptics who predicted the entire structure was going to collapse into new yorks east river. The book the great bridge by david mccullough was a very detailed account of the long and troublesome building of the brooklyn bridge. Roebling, the designer of the bridge, went through with his son washington roebling to bring the bridge to its completion. Tomasi has the fervor of an evangelist in discussing the laborers and engineers responsible for the brooklyn bridge. The only book on the brooklyn bridge you need to read. It provides a history of the engineering that went into the building of the bridge as well as the toils john a. Its the summer of 1903 in brooklyn and all fourteenyearold joseph michtom wants. F wenderoth saunders story of the construction of one of the worlds major bridges.

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. The story of emily warren roebling and the building of the brooklyn bridge. Brooklyn bridge takes a fancy to the summer of 1903. The epic story of the building of the brooklyn bridge from the worlds largest community of readers. The epic story of the building of the brooklyn bridge, if you havent already. This book tells the fascinating story of the building of the brookyn bridge, which was the first bridge ever to span the east river, thereby connecting manhattan and brooklyn. The great bridge book by david mccullough official. The dramatic and enthralling story of the building of the brooklyn bridge, the worlds longest suspension bridge at the time, a tale of greed, corruption, and obstruction but also of optimism, heroism, and determination, told by master historian david mccullough. The only book on the brooklyn bridge you need to read esquire. The epic story of the building of the brooklyn bridge. The great bridge is a book so compelling and complete as to be a literary monument. Building the brooklyn bridge a new graphic novel recounts the tragedies and triumphs of one familys dream of building a bridge. Book details civil war career of brooklyn bridge builder cannonball.