{"product_id":"book-ajac","title":"The Great Bridge","description":"\u003cb\u003ePublished on the fortieth anniversary of its initial publication, this edition of the classic book contains a new Preface by David McCullough, “one of our most gifted living writers” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuilt to join the rapidly expanding cities of New York and Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Bridge was thought by many at the start to be an impossibility destined to fail if not from insurmountable technical problems then from political corruption. (It was the heyday of Boss Tweed in New York.)  \u003cbr\u003e     But the Brooklyn Bridge was at once the greatest engineering triumph of the age, a surpassing work of art, a proud American icon, and a story like no other in our history.  Courage, chicanery, unprecedented ingenuity and plain blundering, heroes, rascals, all the best and worst in human nature played a part. At the center of the drama were the stricken chief engineer, Washington Roebling and his remarkable wife, Emily Warren Roebling, neither of whom ever gave up in the face of one heartbreaking setback after another.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e     The Great Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping narrative of a stupendous American achievement that rose up out of its era like a cathedral, a symbol of affirmation then and still in our time. ","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49348101669168,"sku":"BDajac","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/102898-ajac-Square.jpg?v=1734211219","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ajac","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}