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London Bridge in America
eBook - The Tall Story of a Transatlantic Crossing
ISBN/EAN: 9781448181674
Umbreit-Nr.: 6453850
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 288 S., 2.43 MB
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 07.02.2013
Auflage: 1/2013
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p>In 1968 the worlds largest antique went to America.</p><p>But how do you transport a 130-year-old bridge 3,000 miles?</p><p>And why did Robert P. McCulloch, a multimillionaire oil baron and chainsaw-manufacturing king, buy it?</p><p>Why did he ship it to a waterless patch of the Arizonan desert?</p><p>Did he even get the right bridge?</p><p>To answer these questions, its necessary to meet a peculiar cast.</p><p>Fleet Street shysters · Revolutionary Radicals · Frock-coated industrialists · Disneyland designers · Thames dockers · Guinness Book of Records officials · The odd Lord Mayor · Bridge-building priests · Gun-toting U.S. sheriffs · An Apache Indian or two</p><p>And a fraudster whose greatest trick was to convince the world he ever existed</p><p>Roll up, then, for the story of one of the strangest events in Anglo-American relations. Curious, clever and sharp, this is history to delight in.</p>
- Kurztext
- In 1968 the world s largest antique went to America. But how do you transport a 130-year-old bridge 3,000 miles?And why did Robert P. McCulloch, a multimillionaire oil baron and chainsaw-manufacturing king, buy it?Why did he ship it to a waterless patch of the Arizonan desert?Did he even get the right bridge? To answer these questions, it s necessary to meet a peculiar cast.Fleet Street shysters Revolutionary Radicals Frock-coated industrialists Disneyland designers Thames dockers Guinness Book of Records officials The odd Lord Mayor Bridge-building priests Gun-toting U.S. sheriffs An Apache Indian or two And a fraudster whose greatest trick was to convince the world he ever existedRoll up, then, for the story of one of the strangest events in Anglo-American relations. Curious, clever and sharp, this is history to delight in.
- Autorenportrait
- Travis Elborough is the author of four acclaimed books,<i>The Bus We Loved</i>, a history of the Routemaster bus;<i>The Long Player Goodbye</i>, a hymn to vinyl records;<i>Wish You Were Here</i>, a history of the British beside the seaside; and<i>London Bridge in America</i>, which tells the transatlantic story of the sale of the world's largest antique. Travis regularly appears on Radio 4 and writes for the<i>Guardian</i>.
- Schlagzeile
- A brilliantly entertaining look at just what happened when London Bridge was sold and shipped to America.