Golden Gate : the life and times of America's greatest bridge / Kevin Starr.

Main entry:

Starr, Kevin.

Title & Author:

Golden Gate : the life and times of America's greatest bridge / Kevin Starr.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2010.

Description:

215 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-204) and index.
Bridge -- Icon -- Site -- Vision -- Politics -- Money -- Design -- Construction -- City -- Suicide -- Art.

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.

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ISBN:

9781596915343 (alk. paper)
159691534X

Subject:

Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, Calif.)
California San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 273517
Call No.: BIB 207161
Status: Available

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