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Chief engineer : Washington Roebling, the man who built the Brooklyn Bridge / Erica Wagner.

by Wagner, Erica, 1967-

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Bloomsbury USA, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.

Roebling, Washington Augustus, 1837-1926.

Civil engineers -- United States -- Biography.

Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) -- History.

Bridges -- Design and construction -- New York -- Brooklyn.

9781620400517 (hc.)

xviii, 364 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"His father conceived of the Brooklyn Bridge, but after John Roebling's sudden death, Washington Roebling built what has become one of American's most iconic structures - as much a part of New York as the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building. Yet, as recognizable as the bridge is, its builder is too often forgotten. It is the story of immigrants, of the frontier, of the greatest crisis in American history, and of the making of the modern world. A fascinating biography of one of America's most distinguished engineers, a man whose long life was a model of courage in the face of extraordinary adversity. The memoir reveals that his father, John - a renowned engineer who made his life in America after humble beginnings in Germany - was a tyrannical presence in Washington's life, so his own adoption of that career was hard won. A young man when the Civil War broke out, Washington joined the Union Army, building bridges that carried soldiers across rivers and seeing action in many pivotal battles. Safely returned, he married the remarkable Emily Warren Roebling, who would play a crucial role in the construction of the unprecedented Brooklyn Bridge. It would be Washington Roebling's grandest achievement. Author Erica Wagner was the literary editor of the London Times for seventeen years"--Provided by publisher.

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