Golden Gate : the life and times of America's greatest bridge / Kevin Starr.
Starr, Kevin.
2010
TG25.S225 S74 2010 (Mapit)
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Title Golden Gate : the life and times of America's greatest bridge / Kevin Starr.
Author Starr, Kevin.
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
ISBN 9781596915343 (alk. paper)
159691534X (alk. paper)
Imprint New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2010.
Language English
Description 215 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Call Number TG25.S225 S74 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 624.2/30979461
Summary The Golden Gate, a dazzling feat of engineering completed in 1937, is a counterpart to the Statue of Liberty, pronouncing American achievement in an unmistakably American fashion. This is a passionate telling of the history of the bridge, and 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, historian Kevin Starr unfolds the hidden-in-plain-sight meaning of the Golden Gate, putting it in its place among classic works of art--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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