Title:
Where is the Brooklyn Bridge? / by Megan Stine ; illustrated by John Hinderliter.
ISBN:
9780606384117
9780448484242
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2016]
Physical Description:
108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Contents:
Where is the Brooklyn Bridge? -- We need a bridge -- Like father, like son -- How to build a suspension bridge -- The deadly caissons -- The bends -- A man in his room -- Greed -- A bridge celebration day -- A hundred years of celebrations.
Summary:
"Building the Brooklyn Bridge was no simple feat. Despite a brilliant plan from a father-son team of engineers, the process was a dangerous and grueling one. Construction workers developed a mysterious illness (now known as the bends), several died, and the project had devastating effects on the engineers' lives. Still, after fourteen years, the Brooklyn Bridge was finished and became the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time and is still widely admired today. Megan Stine tells the fascinating story behind one of the city's best-loved landmarks."-- Provided by publisher.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.2 1.0 180224.
Added Author:
Interest age level:
Ages 8-12
Audience:
730L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocn908176028
Availability:
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