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By Taylor, Kim2006., Adolescent, Viking Call No: Historical Fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Two orphaned teenage girls in New York's tenements in 1883 realize that their dream of saving enough money to move to Brooklyn across the newly-built bridge may be achieved if they learn new trades at a nearby settlement house, rather than continuing their lives of prostitution and stealing.
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-- How the Roeblings connected Brooklyn to New York2018., Abrams ComicArts Call No: Graphic Novel TOM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In graphic novel format looks at the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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c2004., PBS Home Video Call No: DVD Edition: Full screen version Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "This award-winning program by filmmaker Ken Burns recaptures all the drama, the struggles and the personal tragedies behind this greatest of all achievements of America's industrial age. As this fascinating program reveals, it was the largest bridge of its era, marked by enormous construction problems and ingenious solutions."--Publisher's website.
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By Curlee, Lynnc2001., Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: 624 .5 097471 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the planning, construction, and history of the Brooklyn Bridge, celebrated as one of the greatest landmarks and grandest sights of New York City.
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c1996., Mikaya Press ; Distributed in North America by Firefly Books Call No: 624 .5 097471 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, from its conception by John Roebling in 1852 through, after many setbacks, its final completion under the direction of his son, Washington, in 1883.
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c2008., Primary, ABDO Pub. Co. Call No: 624.2 3 097471 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: All aboard AmericaSummary Note: Discusses the construction, history, and current status of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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c1982., Juvenile, Putnam Call No: 624 .55 097471 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Text and contemporary illustrations describe the seemingly impossible feat of building a bridge over the East River during the nineteenth century.
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2019., Juvenile, Roaring Brook Press Call No: Easy DOUGHERTY Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "On a warm spring day in 1883, a woman rode across the Brooklyn Bridge with a rooster on her lap. It was the first trip across an engineering marvel that had taken nearly fourteen years to construct. The woman's husband was the chief engineer, and he knew all about the dangerous new technique involved. The woman insisted she learn as well. When he fell ill mid-construction, her knowledge came in handy. She supervised every aspect of the project while he was bedridden, and she continued to learn about things only men were supposed to know: math, science, engineering. Women weren't supposed to be engineers. But this woman insisted she could do it all, and her hard work helped to create one of the most iconic landmarks in the world. This is the story of Emily Roebling, the secret engineer behind the Brooklyn Bridge"--Provided by publisher.
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-- How Emily Roebling built the Brooklyn Bridge2019., Primary, Roaring Brook Press Call No: PICTURE NF DOU Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "On a warm spring day in 1883, a woman rode across the Brooklyn Bridge with a rooster on her lap. It was the first trip across an engineering marvel that had taken nearly fourteen years to construct. The woman's husband was the chief engineer, and he knew all about the dangerous new technique involved. The woman insisted she learn as well. When he fell ill mid-construction, her knowledge came in handy. She supervised every aspect of the project while he was bedridden, and she continued to learn about things only men were supposed to know: math, science, engineering. Women weren't supposed to be engineers. . . But this woman insisted she could do it all, and her hard work helped to create one of the most iconic landmarks in the world. This is the story of Emily Roebling, the secret engineer behind the Brooklyn Bridge"--Provided by publisher.
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c2005., Primary, Houghton Mifflin Call No: E PRI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Upon completion of the Brooklyn Bridge, P.T. Barnum and his elephants parade across to prove to everyone that the bridge is safe.
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-- 21 elephants and still standingc2005., Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Call No: Easy PRINCE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Upon completion of the Brooklyn Bridge, P.T. Barnum and his twenty-one elephants parade across to prove to everyone that the bridge is safe.
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c2006., Pre-adolescent, Wendy Lamb Books Call No: Historical Fiction Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Contributor biographical information Publisher description More... Summary Note: In the shadow of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, eighth-graders and new neighbors Bird Mallon and Thomas Neary make some decisions about what they want to do with their lives.
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c2006., Pre-adolescent, Wendy Lamb Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Contributor biographical information Click here to view More... Summary Note: In the shadow of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, eighth-graders and new neighbors Bird Mallon and Thomas Neary make some decisions about what they want to do with their lives.
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c2006., Pre-adolescent, Wendy Lamb Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the shadow of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, eighth-graders and new neighbors Bird Mallon and Thomas Neary make some decisions about what they want to do with their lives.
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-- You would not want to work on the Brooklyn Bridge!2009., Franklin Watts Call No: 624.2 RAT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: You wouldn't want to--Summary Note: Cartoons and text combine to describe what it was like to work on the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.