Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge - Softcover

Starr, Kevin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1608193993 ISBN 13: 9781608193998

Publisher: Bloomsbury Press, 2012

Synopsis

Kevin's Starr's Golden Gate is a brilliant and passionate telling of the history of the bridge itself, and a recounting of the rich and peculiar history of the California experience. The Golden Gate is a grand public work, a symbol and a very real bridge, a magnet for both postcard photographs and suicides. In this compact but comprehensive narrative, Starr unfolds the hidden-in-plain sight meaning of the Golden Gate, putting it in its place among classic works of art.

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About the Author

Kevin Starr is one of America's most celebrated historians. His many books include a magisterial seven-volume history of California ("Monumental."-Atlantic Monthly). He currently teaches at the University of Southern California.

Review

“Gracefully written... Starr's volume, showing how he and others appreciate the bridge in its multiple roles in engineering, transport, and artistry, is a loving tribute.”"—Commercial Dispatch"

 

“Starr delights as much in the details of history and on-going maintenance as he does in the contours of the bridge itself.”"—San Francisco Book Review"

 

“Kevin Starr seems particularly well equipped to write a biography of that famous orange bridge. The author of more than half a dozen histories of California, Mr. Starr has written frequently about the myths and metaphors that festoon the Golden State, and he seems to instinctively understand the place that the Golden Gate Bridge has come to occupy in the national imagination as a symbol of American enterprise and the gateway to the Pacific. Mr. Starr does an agile job of situating the tale within the larger context of San Francisco’s efforts to rebuild after the Grea

"Gracefully written... Starr's volume, showing how he and others appreciate the bridge in its multiple roles in engineering, transport, and artistry, is a loving tribute.""--Commercial Dispatch"

"Starr delights as much in the details of history and on-going maintenance as he does in the contours of the bridge itself.""--San Francisco Book Review"

"Kevin Starr seems particularly well equipped to write a biography of that famous orange bridge. The author of more than half a dozen histories of California, Mr. Starr has written frequently about the myths and metaphors that festoon the Golden State, and he seems to instinctively understand the place that the Golden Gate Bridge has come to occupy in the national imagination as a symbol of American enterprise and the gateway to the Pacific. Mr. Starr does an agile job of situating the tale within the larger context of San Francisco's efforts to rebuild after the Great Earthquake of 1906 and the nation's march from the Roaring T

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1608193993
• ISBN 13: 9781608193998
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224