Built to Last: Building America's Amazing Bridges, Dams, Tunnels, and Skyscrapers

by George Sullivan

Learn how the Erie Canal and the Transcontinental Railroad advanced the western migration. This narrative profiles 17 architectural and engineering marvels, and the architects and engineers who made... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439517370
• ISBN13: 9780439517379
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 12.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

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A pick for grades 5-6, telling the story of the design & construction of seventeen selected archit

George Sullivan's Built To Last: Building America's Amazing Bridges, Dams, Tunnels And Skyscrapers is a pick for grades 5-6, telling the story of the design and construction of seventeen selected architectural and engineering marvels. Lovely photos include six vertical, double-page spreads with images of the Sears Tower, Golden Gate Bridge, and more, while descriptions provide details on construction challenges and achievements. Built To Last may not fit into curriculums for assignments, but it surely will attract leisure readers.