num_pages: 208
description: More than 130 years after its completion the Brooklyn Bridge remains one of the most extraordinary landmarks and symbols of Brooklyn and New York Cityand the story behind this architectural marvel is just as extraordinary.The Brooklyn Bridge was originally designed by John Augustus Roebling but it was his son Washington and his daughter-in-law Emily who oversaw the bridges construction. As work on the bridge went on Washington developed caisson disease leaving him bedridden for the majority of the bridges 14-year construction. Washingtons wife Emily Roebling took his place running the work site deftly assuming the role of chief engineer supervising the project and overseeing the workers contractors a hostile press and greedy city politiciansan unusual position for a woman to take on at the time.In this inspiring graphic novel author Peter J. Tomasi and illustrator Sara Duvall show the building of the Brooklyn Bridge as it has never been seen before and the marriage of the Roeblingsbased on intellectual equality and mutual supportthat made the construction of this iconic structure possible.
language: English
title: The Bridge: How the Roeblings Connected Brooklyn to New York
publisher: Abrams ComicArts