{"product_id":"brooklyn-bridge-lynn-curlee-9781665968881","title":"Brooklyn Bridge","description":"\u003cb\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\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynn Curlee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1665968885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781665968881\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atheneum Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 11.00w x 0.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e43510 \/ Brooklyn Bridge\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lynn Curlee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46401782776063,"sku":"9781665968881","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_40ee18da-dc89-40cb-9252-a304ecc61244.jpg?v=1733888689","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brooklyn-bridge-lynn-curlee-9781665968881","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}