Great Projects, The Epic Story of the Building of America, from the Taming of the Mississippi to the Invention of the Internet

Tobin, James

ISBN 10: 0743210646 / ISBN 13: 9780743210645

Published by Free Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2001

About this Item

322 pp, photos. America's ambitions of the last 200 years have been typified by engineering that included genius and perseverence. Each of the eight projects in this account show both vision and unusual achievement, culminating in the world-transforming Internet! Remainder mark at head, tiny edge rub on back of dj. Generously illustrated.

Seller Inventory # 5084EN

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Great Projects, The Epic Story of the Building of America, from the Taming of the Mississippi to the Invention of the Internet
• Publisher: Free Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743210646
• ISBN 13: 9780743210645
• Binding: Half Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • NON-FICTION
  • AMERICANA
  • HISTORY

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Synopsis

A fascinating portrait of America's greatest engineering feats portrays the nation's greatest engineered marvels, from building the George Washington Bridge to controlling the flow of the Mississippi River.

About the Author

James Tobin won the National Book Critics Circle Award for his first book, Ernie Pyle's War, and the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award for his forthcoming biography of the Wright Brothers. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.