This story kept my interest all the way till the end.'

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The telling of the story and the way things were done are similar to how things operate still to this day. But this is not merely the saga of an engineering miracle: it is a sweeping narrative of the heroes and rascals who had a hand in either constructing or obstructing this great enterprise. Bodies were crushed and broken, lives were lost, political empires fell, and surges of public emotion constantly threatened the project. Throughout the fourteen years of the bridge's construction, the odds against its successful completion seemed staggering. In the years around 1870, the concept of building a great bridge to span the East River between the cities of Manhattan and Brooklyn required a vision and determination comparable to that which went into the building of the pyramids. It is the enthralling story of one of the greatest events during the Age of Optimism - a period when Americans were convinced that all great things were possible. This monumental audiobook which presents extended unabridged passages from the book brings back a heroic vision of the America we once had. FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF JOHN ADAMSįirst published in 1972, The Great Bridge is the classic account of one of the greatest engineering feats of all time - the building of the Brooklyn Bridge.

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