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How Emily saved the bridge
(based on Goodreads ratings)Audience Youth 0-15 years
Published 2019 by Groundwood Books, Toronto
ISBN 9781773061047
Bib Id 2255504
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03214cam a22005658i 4500
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9781773061047 (hardcover) $19.95
1773061046
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J B Roebling W
Title
How Emily saved the bridge
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2019 by Groundwood Books, Toronto :
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"An accessible, picture-book biography of Emily Warren Roebling. The Brooklyn Bridge, the iconic suspension bridge that connects Manhattan and Brooklyn, was completed in 1883. It is thanks to Emily Warren Roebling that the bridge was finished at all. Emily was not an engineer, but she was educated in math and science. She married Washington Roebling, the chief engineer of the famous bridge. When Washington became ill from decompression sickness, Emily stepped in, doing everything from keeping the books, to carrying messages for her husband, to monitoring the construction of the bridge. She was the first person to cross the Brooklyn Bridge when it opened."--
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