Good intermediate level picture book on the Brooklyn Bridge. Beautifully illustrated, but more technical and text-heavy than other picture books--some spreads are text only. Includes a great deal more of the technical aspects of the bridge-building work and the engineering. Back matter includes a timeline and specs for the bridge.

Very interesting account of the Brooklyn Bridge, its creation and construction. ( )

Summary:
This book talks about the history of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York city. Brooklyn Bridge id regard as one of the most famous archetectual which can produced the American spirit. Over the 14 years of the construction, there were many death because of it, which include the designer and chief engineer; an under water fire and even fraud. Finally, the bridge was finished and became a great architecture in the history.

Genre:
It is a historical information book since it is about the real history of the Brooklyn Bridge. It tells the process of its construction and some hard time during those days.

Critiques:
1.The media of this book are acrylic paintings reproduced in full color from photographic transparncies.
2. This is a very nice book with peaceful and elegant language.
3. The text in this book are not very easy to young readers.

Comments on use:
1. The text is to long and for teachers to read aloud in class and too complex for students to understand just by listening.
2. It's good for students as a reading materia or a text book on history or reading class to do some silent reading. ( )

A wonderful picture book that tells the history behind the bridge and its construction, complete with the engineering facts and the human-interest anecdotes as well. Using full-color illustrations and diagrams, Curlee explains why the bridge was needed, why the engineering behind it was so important and innovative, and what the bridge has meant to those living in New York. The book's most important features include careful diagrams and descriptions showing how construction was conceived and executed. A map shows the bridge's location and a cross-section drawing delineates the caissons, supply shafts, air locks, etc. The narrative opens with New York City after the Civil War, explains the financing and final decision to build the bridge, and describes the roles of John A. Roebling and, later, his son, Washington, as Chief Engineer. A list of the bridge's specifications and a time line are appended. ( )

The Brooklyn bridge is sometimes known as the "Eighth Wonder of the World" and was an extremely difficult structure to design and build in the late 1800's. The engineer of this amazing bridge crippled himself in the process and still was able to continue to finish it from his bedroom. Through many deaths and years this bridge was built and still is structurally sound even though it has been 128 years.