Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century by Michael Hiltzik
A former deputy attorney general in the George H.W. Bush administration, Donald B. Ayer is a partner at Jones Day in Washington, D.C. He has argued 18 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
“Colossus is an incredible saga of the politics and practical obstacles encountered in one of the greatest engineering feats in our history.”
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