The bridge

by Talese, Gay

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Title Statements

Full title :The bridge / Gay Talese.

Summary

Toward 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.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.
Edition:First U.S. edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Bloomsbury
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

Notes

"The building of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge"--Jacket.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 175 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781620406663, 1620406667
oclc:on1020771480
LC Classification:TG147.5
Dewey Decimal:624.23097472

Subjects

History New York (State) -- New York Ponts suspendus -- Histoire. -- New Yor… Suspension bridges Suspension bridges -- History. -- New Y… Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (New York, N.Y… Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (New York, N.Y… Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (New York, N.Y…