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Golden Gate: The Life And Times Of America's Greatest Bridge‎ (2010)

by Kevin Starr(Favorite Author)

3.34 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

159691534X (ISBN13: 9781596915343)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Bloomsbury Press

review 1: An extremely tedious read. I thought I would like it, or at least find it informative, and it was, to an extent. But something about the author's style just made the book drag on and on.He goes through the history of the bridge, from design to construction, as well as the forces it took to get it built. The book also touches upon its role in media and its use as a place for suicide.If you're at all interested in the bridge, I'd recommend it. But for some reason I found it to be a tough read and didn't care for it.
review 2: A particularly bombastic Kevin Starr read. I guess he does a good job of providing context for the construction of the Golden Gate bridge, and I did learn a few things about the technology and politics involved in this massive undertaking. I... moret's amazing to consider that this bridge got built during the Depression. Don't think it could happen during the current one. There just isn't enough vision any more to pull it off. As a former BayArean, I found it both amusing and credible that the Spanish spent 200 years traversing the Northern California coast in their galleons and just never saw the opening to the bay (the Golden Gate) because of the fog!! less

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