Big Dams and Other Dreams: The Six Companies Story
- ISBN-10
- 0806128534
- ISBN-13
- 9780806128535
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Author
- Donald E. Wolf
Description
Explores the businesses and personalities responsible for the construction of the Hoover, Bonneville, and Grand Coulee dams
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