BUILDING HOOVER DAM by Dunbar, Andrew & Dennisa McBri

BUILDING HOOVER DAM
by Dunbar, Andrew & Dennisa McBri
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Dunar and McBride have written about the dam as it looks, at what helped Las Vegas sprout as few cities in American history have, and what it was like to live, work, gamble and survive during one of the greatest, ambitious projects in the nation's history. Indexed and illustrated, it also contains a list of those who gave their lives during the dam's building and the “special language” or slang of the builders. For example, “easy-dough” was another term for a boss; a “Joe McGee” was any makeshift tool used on the job. You get a feel for the grit, the dust, the 120-degree heat flying in the face of these people; about who was in power—how they got there; and about everyday life under hardship conditions endured for dollars a week—big money in those days. Many of those interviewed have vivid memories of those days 70 years ago. Many were children, others were workers or family members, but none have forgotten the experience.250 pages, paperbound, 2001..

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