Simon Boughton

The Wild River and the Great Dam

The Construction of Hoover Dam and the Vanishing Colorado River

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Discover the fascinating history behind the construction of Hoover Dam-and its lasting political and environmental effects on the Colorado River and the American west-in this propulsive nonfiction exploration of one of the country's most recognizable and far-reaching landmarks.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little, Brown & Company
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Altersempfehlung: 9 bis 14 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 180mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 560g
• ISBN-13: 9780316380744
• ISBN-10: 0316380741
• Artikelnr.: 68433716

Autorenporträt

Simon Boughton has worked as a book publisher for the last thirty years, most recently as the publishing director of Norton Young Readers. Among the books he has published are the National Book Award finalist Victory. Stand! and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry. Previously, he founded Roaring Brook Press, where books he edited and published include the Caldecott Medal winners My Friend Rabbit and The Man Who Walked Between the Towers. He divides his time between his home in Delaware County in upstate New York and New York City.