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020 $a1620406667
020 $a9781620406663
024 $a99961260092
035 $a(OCoLC)870516970
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn870516970
035 $a(NNC)11142163
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050 4 $aTG147.5$b.T35 2014
082 04 $a624.23097472$223
100 1 $aTalese, Gay,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe bridge /$cGay Talese.
250 $aFirst U.S. edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bBloomsbury,$c2014.
300 $axiii, 175 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
336 $astill image$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $a"The building of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge"--Jacket.
520 $aToward the end of 1964, the Verrazano Narrows Bridge-linking the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island-was completed. Fifty years later, it remains an engineering marvel. At 13,700 feet (more than two and a half miles), it is still the longest suspension bridge in the United States and the sixth longest in the world. Gay Talese, then early in his career at the New York Times, closely followed the construction, and soon after the opening of this marvel of human ingenuity and engineering, he chronicled the human drama of its completion-from the construction workers high on the beams to the backroom dealing that displaced whole neighborhoods to make way for the bridge. Now in a new, beautifully packaged edition featuring dozens of breathtaking photos and architectural drawings, The Bridge remains both a riveting narrative of politics and courage and a demonstration of Talese's consummate skills as a reporter and storyteller. His memorable narrative will help celebrate the bridge's fiftieth anniversary and captivate a new generation of readers.
650 0 $aSuspension bridges$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory.
651 0 $aVerrazano-Narrows Bridge (New York, N.Y.)$xHistory.
651 0 $aVerrazano-Narrows Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
852 00 $boff,ave$hTG147.5$i.T35 2014g