{"product_id":"brooklyn-bridge-lynn-curlee-hardcover","title":"Brooklyn Bridge -- Lynn Curlee, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAward-winning author-illustrator Lynn Curlee's \"wonderful picture book\" (\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) offers a compelling visual history of the \"Eighth Wonder of the World,\" the Brooklyn Bridge--now with a new look!\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"It so happens that the work which is likely to be our most durable monument, and to convey some knowledge of us to the most remote posterity, is a work of bare utility; not a shrine, not a fortress, but a bridge.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo wrote one architectural critic of the Brooklyn Bridge, one of the grandest and most eloquent monuments to the American spirit ever produced. Beneath the Brooklyn Bridge's triumphant arches lie astonishing tales of loss, deception, genius, and daring. Over the fourteen-year course of its construction, there was an underwater fire, fraud, and many deaths, including that of designer and chief engineer, John A. Roebling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the bridge was finished, as part of the opening day festivities, the president, and two mayors crossed it. Its magnificent site, breathtaking span, cutting-edge technology, and sheer beauty have made it the subject of poems, paintings, photographs, novels, plays, and movies.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lynn Curlee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Atheneum Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7\/1\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.15 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.2\" H x 11.3\" L x 0.5\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781665968898\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Uncle Jon's Book Factory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024165748890,"sku":"9781665968898","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/3015\/4138\/files\/9781665968898_dd9af04d-63f4-4611-866b-14a38f6541e6.jpg?v=1769613520","url":"https:\/\/unclejonsbookfactory.com\/products\/brooklyn-bridge-lynn-curlee-hardcover","provider":"Uncle Jon's Book Factory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}