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University of Nevada Press, Published 2001. Paperback, xix, 350 pp.; 24 cm; illustrated with black-and-white photographs and a map.
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In Very Good condition. Pale purple pictorial paper covers with mild shelf and edge wear and a hint of fading to top edge. Binding tight; pages clean and unmarked.Oral history of the construction of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) on the Colorado River between 1931 and 1936, told through eyewitness interviews with the men who built it and the families who lived at Black Canyon and Boulder City, Nevada. Originally published in 1993 by Twayne Publishers as no. 11 in Twayne's Oral History Series.Contents: Investigation and Approval, Southern Nevada, 1902-1929; Settlements, Black Canyon and Vicinity, 1929-1931; Construction Camp, Boulder City, 1931; Turning the River, Black Canyon, 1931 to November 1932; A Government Reservation, Boulder City, 1932-1934; Laying the Foundation, Black Canyon, 1932-1934; A Day in the Life, 1931-1935; Off the Reservation, Las Vegas, 1931-1935; Towers, Penstocks, and Spillways, Black Canyon, 1934; Completion, Hoover Dam and Boulder City, 1935 and After.