Michael Hiltzik on the Hoover Dam
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ICW: In Conversation
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A conversation with Michael Hiltzik, author of Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century, the story of one of the engineering wonders of the modern world. The book places Hoover Dam in the economic, political, and social context of its time while bringing forth all the drama of its development and construction.
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