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The Great Bridge Study Guide

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by David McCullough
About 116 pages (34,751 words)

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The Great Bridge Study Guide consists of approx. 116 pages of summaries and analysis on The Great Bridge by David McCullough. Browse the literature study guide below:

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"The Plan" sketches the monumental structure John A. Roebling proposes to build across the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn, suggests the promises it holds these communities, and hints at the political machinations that will accompany its building. The belief in human progress and technology that marks America around 1870, fills the pages. (read more)
      Part 1, Chapter 1
      Part 1, Chapter 2
      Part 1, Chapter 3
      Part 1, Chapter 4
      Part 1, Chapter 5
      Part 1, Chapter 6
      Part 1, Chapter 7
      Part 2, Chapter 8
      Part 2, Chapter 9
      Part 2, Chapter 10
      Part 2, Chapter 11
      Part 2, Chapter 12
      Part 2, Chapter 13
      Part 2, Chapter 14
      Part 3, Chapter 15
      Part 3, Chapter 16
      Part 3, Chapter 17
      Part 3, Chapter 18
      Part 3, Chapter 19
      Part 3, Chapter 20
      Part 3, Chapter 21
      Part 3, Chapter 22
      Part 3, Chapter 23
      Part 3, Chapter 24
      Epilogue

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