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Bridging
the Straits The Story of Mighty Mac Lawrence A. Rubin Foreword by Prentiss M. Brown, Jr. |
The
project—the longest total suspension bridge in the world—would
span the Starits of Mackinac where winds exceed eighty miles an hour and
ice windrows reach a height of forty feet. It would connect two largely
rural communities with a combined population of less than four thousand
and would require the largest bond issue ever proposed for the construction
of a bridge. Little wonder that some Wall Street investors labeled the proposition
as ludicrous. Nonetheless, the Mackinac Bridge became a reality. Lawrence A. Rubin, executive secretary of the Mackinac Bridge Authority from 1950 to 1983, pulls no punches with this lively and absorbing account of who tried to torpedo the project and who was responsible for its success. |
"With
an insider's perspective, [Rubin] has written a lively story of good guys
and bad guys, politics and deal-making." —Detroit Free Press |
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paper / ISBN 0-8143-1812-6 187 pages 26 illustrations 1985 |
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