Saturday, August 13, 2016

Hoover Dam: An American Adventure

Author: Joseph E. Stevens
Stars: 4
Review by: Mandy Apgar


I wouldn't call it an "adventure" necessarily. Covering the entire construction of the Dam things sure are pretty precarious at times, and multiple construction workers are killed, so to me that makes it sound overly chipper. But a lot went into this thing - why it was built, where, even the name, from Hoover to Boulder Dam and back again as changing political tides brought up or healed old wounds. A lot is spent in regards to the workers - tenement living, the role a daily construction worker played - and that was quite a nice thing for me to see.
 

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