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"After reading David McCullough's account, you will never look at the old bridge in quite the same way again."
--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, "The New York Times"
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Celebrating the centennial of the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, here is the classic account of one of the greatest engineering feats of all time.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Even from the other side of the Atlantic McCullough's story was so evocative of it's era that I feel I now know that part of NY's history like a native.
The tale is told with due reverence to the technical background, political machinations and Victorian era sensibilities. Attempting to weave into this the human story of the people involved also gives drama and interest.
All told - it's a cracking story and an education as well.
The tale is told with due reverence to the technical background, political machinations and Victorian era sensibilities. Attempting to weave into this the human story of the people involved also gives drama and interest.
All told - it's a cracking story and an education as well.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I was first introduced to this book in 1985 and have, in the intervening 13 years, read it four times and given it as a gift in another dozen instances. McCullough does a superlative job weaving the social, political, and economic fibers of the times into a rich tapestry which seizes your attention and holds it for its more than 500 pages. He brings to life the famous, infamous, and little known rogues, ruffians, and heroes of that long past era when the Roeblings designed and built the bridge, Boss Tweed ran Tammany Hall, and Thomas Nast helped non-English speaking immigrants understand Tweed and company's sins. This book will, as it has with me, make you a lifelong, devoted McCullough advocate. Even though he won a Pulitzer for his Truman biography, "The Great Bridge" is his finest hour!!!
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Double Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough ("Truman" and "John Adams") skillfully reveals the pain, hardship, skulduggery, danger and raw doggedness that combined to create the Brooklyn Bridge - against all odds, obstructiveness and physical barriers.
The reader is entertained with not only a real insight into the lives of the Roebling Family - father and son who designed the bridge and oversaw its construction - but also with the insufferable working conditions, the nefarious behaviour of politicians and the chance to savour at close hand the atmosphere of the second half of the nineteenth century in Brooklyn and New York.
The reader is entertained with not only a real insight into the lives of the Roebling Family - father and son who designed the bridge and oversaw its construction - but also with the insufferable working conditions, the nefarious behaviour of politicians and the chance to savour at close hand the atmosphere of the second half of the nineteenth century in Brooklyn and New York.
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Good, but diagrams weak
The book has 3 strands: the technical stuff, the financial dealings (and double-dealings), and the personal story of the bridge designer and his family. Read more
Published 21 months ago by M. Parr
The Great Bridge
Another fantastic book by David McCullough, probably America's best Author. 1776 I think was his best book, but this one is excellent. Read more
Published on 5 July 2009 by R. L. D. Plager
An excellent historical read.
My interest in this book was from a genealogic perspective. It is a fast moving story of the history of the construction of the bridge. Read more
Published on 9 July 1999
Masterful tribute to visionaries.
Although finished over a hundred years ago, Mr. McCullough reminds us not to take the Brooklyn Bridge for granted. Read more
Published on 12 May 1999
Fascinating
As someone born and raised in Brooklyn I was fascinated by this book. The history of the borough, the lives of important people who shaped the City of new York. Read more
Published on 16 Feb 1999
Overall great book on the building of a landmark!
If you've even been to the Brooklyn Bridge and stared with awe, this book is definately for you! And if you've never been there, it'll make you want to go! Read more
Published on 2 Jan 1999
One of the Greatest Books I have ever read
This book is such a compelling read that it became an obsession. No historical writer I know can explain complicated technical subjects like McCullough. Read more
Published on 16 Mar 1998
A wonderful narrative history!
McCoullough writes a great narrative history. This is the way true historians should write, putting the reader in the time and place of his subject, and not using a bunch of boring... Read more
Published on 1 July 1997
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