Colossus: Hoover Dam and the making of the American century

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The author of "Dealers of Lightning" pens an account of the epic construction of the Hoover Dam, one of the 20th century's most important public works.;Introduction: September 30, 1935: Roosevelt comes to the river -- pt. 1. The sinful river -- The journey of death -- Born of the desert -- Rockwood's gamble -- The Lord's dam site -- pt. 2. The road to Black Canyon -- Hoover steps in -- Battlegrounds -- Hurry-up Crowe -- The silver spike -- The big six -- Ragtown -- Rush job -- The Wobblies' last stand -- Ely's kingdom -- pt. 3. The arch -- The jumbos -- Turning points -- The rising -- The pour -- Reckonings -- The crest -- Legacies. Introduction: September 30, 1935: Roosevelt comes to the river -- pt. 1. The sinful river -- The journey of death -- Born of the desert -- Rockwood's gamble -- The Lord's dam site -- pt. 2. The road to Black Canyon -- Hoover steps in -- Battlegrounds -- Hurry-up Crowe -- The silver spike -- The big six -- Ragtown -- Rush job -- The Wobblies' last stand -- Ely's kingdom -- pt. 3. The arch -- The jumbos -- Turning points -- The rising -- The pour -- Reckonings -- The crest -- Legacies.