Starr, Kevin.

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

1st U.S. ed.

New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2010.

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

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.

9781596915343 (alk. paper)
159691534X

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

Nonfiction.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 273517
Cote: BIB 207161
Statut: Disponible