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Category : Bridges
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Treasure Island and the World's Greatest Spans of Steel
Golden Gate
Author: Kevin Starr
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 159691534X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A passionate chronicle of the Golden Gate Bridge's construction by a National Humanities Medal-winning historian reveals influences from culture and nature that shaped its development while offering insight into its role as a national symbol of American engineering and innovation.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 159691534X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A passionate chronicle of the Golden Gate Bridge's construction by a National Humanities Medal-winning historian reveals influences from culture and nature that shaped its development while offering insight into its role as a national symbol of American engineering and innovation.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [B] Group 2. Pamphlets, Etc. New Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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The Great World's Fairs and Expositions
Pan Am at War
Author: Mark Cotta Vaz
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510729518
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Filled with larger-than-life characters, and revelations of the vision and technology it took to dominate the skies before and during, World War II, here is a gripping piece of aviation history. Pan Am at War chronicles the airline's historic role in advancing aviation and serving America's national interest before and during World War II. From its inception, Pan American Airways operated as the "wings of democracy," spanning six continents and placing the country at the leading edge of international aviation. At the same time, it was clandestinely helping to fight America's wars. Utilizing government documents, declassified Freedom of Information Act material, and company documents, the authors have uncovered stories of Pan Am's stunning role as an instrument of American might: The airline's role in building air bases in Latin America and countering Axis interests that threatened the Panama Canal Creating transatlantic and trans-Africa supply lines for sending Lend-Lease equipment to Britain Cooperation with Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese nationalist government to pioneer the dangerous "Hump" route over the Himalayas The dangerous seventeen-thousand-mile journey that took President Roosevelt to the high-stakes Casablanca Conference with Winston Churchill The daring flight that delivered uranium for the atomic bomb. For anyone interested in aviation, business, or military history, here is astonishing story filled with big ideas and the leaders who made them a reality.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510729518
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Filled with larger-than-life characters, and revelations of the vision and technology it took to dominate the skies before and during, World War II, here is a gripping piece of aviation history. Pan Am at War chronicles the airline's historic role in advancing aviation and serving America's national interest before and during World War II. From its inception, Pan American Airways operated as the "wings of democracy," spanning six continents and placing the country at the leading edge of international aviation. At the same time, it was clandestinely helping to fight America's wars. Utilizing government documents, declassified Freedom of Information Act material, and company documents, the authors have uncovered stories of Pan Am's stunning role as an instrument of American might: The airline's role in building air bases in Latin America and countering Axis interests that threatened the Panama Canal Creating transatlantic and trans-Africa supply lines for sending Lend-Lease equipment to Britain Cooperation with Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese nationalist government to pioneer the dangerous "Hump" route over the Himalayas The dangerous seventeen-thousand-mile journey that took President Roosevelt to the high-stakes Casablanca Conference with Winston Churchill The daring flight that delivered uranium for the atomic bomb. For anyone interested in aviation, business, or military history, here is astonishing story filled with big ideas and the leaders who made them a reality.
Catalogue of Title-entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, Under the Copyright Law ... Wherein the Copyright Has Been Completed by the Deposit of Two Copies in the Office
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1536
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Publisher:
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Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1536
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Official Guide Book, 1940
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Category : Golden Gate International Exposition
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Publisher:
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Category : Golden Gate International Exposition
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
More Books
Author: Boston Public Library
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 460
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Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Catalog of Copyright Entries
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1488
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1488
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