Galloping Gertie

the true story of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse

Galloping Gertie

the true story of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse
Amanda Abler ; illustrated by Levi Hastings
Book - 2021

Dale, a young boy living in Tacoma, Washington in the 1940s, describes the opening of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, and his memories of watching it collapse on his birthday a few months later. Back matter includes information about why the bridge collapsed, how the design was altered, how the catastrophe helped engineers build better bridges, bridges with similar issues, a diagram of a suspension bride with information about how they work, links to videos, and a glossary.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abler, Amanda (Author)
Other Authors: Hastings, Levi (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle, WA : Little Bigfoot : Sasquatch Books, [2021]
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