The Astrodome: Building an American Spectacle

by james gast

In the summer of 1960, a group of men in Houston, Texas set out to build the largest room in the world. That room would have to be large enough for a baseball game, sunny enough for grass to grow, and with air cool and clear enough for thousands of smokers to puff away in air-conditioned comfort.Led by a brilliant and colorful politician, this collection of architects, engineers, oilmen, scientists, and ballplayers created the Astrodome.What they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0990528219
• ISBN13: 9780990528210
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Aspinwall Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"