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Colossus, Hoover Dam and the making of the American century, Michael Hiltzik

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Colossus, Hoover Dam and the making of the American century, Michael Hiltzik

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eng

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Main title

Colossus

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electronic resource

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811777203

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Michael Hiltzik

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Hoover Dam and the making of the American century

Summary

In this definitive account, Los Angeles Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Hiltzik shares the epic story of Hoover Dam's construction and its tremendous-and continuing-impact on the United States

Table Of Contents

Introduction: September 30, 1935: Roosevelt comes to the river -- 1: The sinful river -- The journey of death -- Born of the desert -- Rockwood's gamble -- The Lord's dame site -- 2: The road to black canyon -- Hoover steps in -- Battlegrounds -- Hurry-up Crowe -- The silver spike -- The big six -- Ragtown -- Rush job -- The Wobblies' last stand -- Ely's kingdom -- 3: The arch -- The jumbos -- Turning points -- The rising -- The pour -- Reckonings -- The crest -- Legacies

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