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London Bridge in America: The Tall Story of a Transatlantic Crossing
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In 1968 the world’s largest antique went to America. But how do you transport a 130-year-old bridge 3,000 miles?And why did Robert P. McCulloch, a multimillionaire oil baron and chainsaw-manufacturing king, buy it?Why did he ship it to a waterless patch of the Arizonan desert?Did he even get the right bridge? To answer these questions, it’s necessary to meet a peculiar cast.Fleet Street shysters · Revolutionary Radicals · Frock-coated industrialists · Disneyland designers · Thames dockers · Guinness Book of Records officials · The odd Lord Mayor · Bridge-building priests · Gun-toting U.S. sheriffs · An Apache Indian or two And a fraudster whose greatest trick was to convince the world he ever existedRoll up, then, for the story of one of the strangest events in Anglo-American relations. Curious, clever and sharp, this is history to delight in.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.27 kg |
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| Dimensions | 2.2 × 13 × 19.8 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 288 |
| Publisher | |
| Year Published | 2014-2-6 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 0099565765 |
As much a social history as the story of the bridge, this entertaining book is packed with facts but its light, sprightly tone makes bricks and mortar a source of human interest. |
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| Other text | [Elborough] is a charming, wry companion, who wears his considerable learning lightly. |
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