Building the Empire State Building An Interactive Engineering Adventure |
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| Author:
| Lassieur, Allison |
| Series title: | You Choose: Engineering Marvels Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4914-0409-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2014 |
| Publisher: | Capstone
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| Imprint: | Capstone Press |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $31.99 |
Book Description:
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The Roaring 20s are in high gear, and so is skyscraper fever in New York City. People are fascinated by the plans to build the Empire State Building--the world's tallest building yet. Will you: Be an eager young assistant at the architecture firm Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon, the firm designing the Empire State Building? Join the project as a construction worker high atop the building as it rises above the city? Work as a water boy who carries water to the thirsty construction workers on...
More DescriptionThe Roaring 20s are in high gear, and so is skyscraper fever in New York City. People are fascinated by the plans to build the Empire State Building--the world's tallest building yet. Will you: Be an eager young assistant at the architecture firm Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon, the firm designing the Empire State Building? Join the project as a construction worker high atop the building as it rises above the city? Work as a water boy who carries water to the thirsty construction workers on the project? Experience situations taken from real life. YOU CHOOSE what you'll do next. The choices you make will either lead you and the project to success--or to failure.