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The great bridge-building contest
Roxie Munro and her husband, Bo Zaunders, have created an enthralling illustrated biography set in 1800s Virginia, a wonderful book for budding architects and engineers, as well as bridge and history aficionados. Lemuel Chenoweth is a shy western Virginia furniture maker with only a third grade education and a vision when he heads to Richmond, Virginia, to enter a bridge designing contest. Lemuel stuns the judges and the highfalutin' competition by assembling an extraordinary bridge model, one that can support his own weight, and he wins. Built entirely without nails, his bridge became one of the most famous in the country and was the site of the first land battle of the Civil War. The Great Bridge Building Contest tells the dramatic story of its remarkable existence. The award winning husband and wife team relate the true story of the building of the only wooden bridge built without nails that serves a U.S. highway today, built in the 19th century in Virginia over the Tygart River by a West Virginian with only a third grade education.
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- ISBN: 0810949296 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780810949294 (alk. paper)
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm - Editorial: New York : Harry N. Abrams, [2004]
- Derechos Reservados: ©2004
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