Bibliograph

Building Hoover Dam, an oral history of the Great Depression, Andrew J. Dunar, Dennis McBride

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Building Hoover Dam, an oral history of the Great Depression, Andrew J. Dunar, Dennis McBride

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-327) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Building Hoover Dam

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

27173055

Responsibility statement

Andrew J. Dunar, Dennis McBride

Series statement

Twayne's oral history series, no. 11

Sub title

an oral history of the Great Depression

Summary

An eyewitness account of the workers who constructed Hoover Dam between 1931 and 1936

Table Of Contents

Investigation and approval: southern Nevada, 1902-1929 -- Settlements: Black Canyon and vicinity, 1929-1931 -- Construction camp: Boulder City, 1931 -- Turning the river: Black Canyon, 1931 to November 1932 -- A government reservation: Boulder City, 1932-1934 -- A day in the life, 1931-1935 -- Off the reservation: Las Vegas, 1931-1935 -- Towers, penstocks, and spillways: Black Canyon, 1934 -- Completion: Hoover Dam and Boulder City, 1935 and after

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