Life and Death at Hoover Dam
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Life and Death at Hoover Dam

It's 1931 and men are desperate for jobs. A lucky few will get to work in the searing heat of the Nevada desert on the massive Hoover Dam. Their goal is to tame the mighty Colorado River with a dam that towers sixty stories high from the base of the canyon to the crest of the dam, thus creating the largest man-made like in the world. Nothing like it has ever been built. Life and Death at Hoover Dam tells the story of a handful of these men and the sacrifices they endured. From choking on gasoline fumes in 120-degree inside the diversion tunnels to dangling by slender cables from the thousand-foot walls of Black Canyon, they will put their lives at risk. In the end, these men and the 20,000 others who worked on the dam will build a monument that makes possible the palm trees of Los Angeles and the desert oasis of Phoenix. This is the story of their lives-the men who built the matchless Hoover Dam.

  • AuthorJerry Borrowman
  • BindingPaperback
  • BrandBrand: Black Canyon Press
  • EAN9780984383603
  • ISBN0984383603
  • LabelBlack Canyon Press
  • ManufacturerBlack Canyon Press
  • NumberOfItems1
  • NumberOfPages256
  • ProductGroupBook
  • ProductTypeNameABIS_BOOK
  • PublicationDate2014-05-04
  • PublisherBlack Canyon Press
  • StudioBlack Canyon Press
  • TitleLife and Death at Hoover Dam