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When it was finally officially opened in 1932, the Sydney Harbour Bridge had taken almost nine years to complete at a cost of more than six million pounds. This is the epic story of the most recognisable symbol of Sydney and Australia and the people who built it: their ambitions, political wrangling and incredible feats of engineering. Going behind the public face of the bridge, Peter Lalor recreates the intriguing characters who populate its history: Lennie Gwyther, the nine-year-old boy who made a 900-mile solo journey on horseback to see it, John Bradfield who eventually realised his dream of connecting Sydney's two shores, and Vince Kelly, the larger than life boilermaker who fell from the arch and survived and many more. From the bizarre attempt to sabotage the opening ceremony to the bridge's role in the Sydney Olympics, this is a lively history of one of the world's most famous structures.
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Now sports writer with the Australian, Peter Lalor was previously with the Daily Telegraph where he was a senior feature writer and sports columnist, as well as producing a regular beer column. He covered numerous major stories for the paper, including the Sydney Olympics, the Tampa crisis, and the Bali bombing. Born and raised in Bendigo, he has worked for the Sunday Observer, the Sunday Age and the Sun News Pictorial and did a stint in radio as a writer-producer. In 2002, his first book Blood Stain was published by Allen + Unwin and became an instant best-seller.
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The Bridge (First Printing) The Epic Story of an Australian Icon - the Sydney Harbour Bridge
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Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2005
ISBN 10: 1741142288
ISBN 13: 9781741142280
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. 381 pages; B&W illustrations. Dedication from previous owner on front pastedown endpaper. Light yellowing on pages. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. Artikel-Nr. TOBR-61904-OS-1
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