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Boulder City,NV - Clark County - Publications :

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Books & Manuscripts Start Price:12.00 USD Estimated At:25.00 - 40.00 USD
Boulder City,NV - Clark County - Publications :
Lot of three. 1) Phil Swing and Boulder Dam by Moeller, Beverly Bowen. Hardcover, 199 pages, indexed, with several photographs and illustrations (Paher # 1305). Published by University of California Press, 1971. The story of Phil Swing, a newly elected Congressman from California's Imperial Valley in 1920, who introduced a bill providing funds for a dam and powerhouse on the Colorado River, which then occupied much of the congressman's efforts until it was signed into law by Calvin Coolidge on December 21, 1928. 2) The Story of Boulder Dam, Conservation Bulletin No. 9, Published by the US Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. Soft cover, 72 pages including numerous photographs, maps, illustrations, and charts. Published by US Government Printing Office, 1941. Also included is a fold-out from the US Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, which covers "Boulder Dam's History," "How It Works," "Achievements," and "Interesting Statistics." 3) Silt, Paula Helps Build Boulder Dam by Tout, Otis B. Hardcover, 359 pages including dust-cover (Paher #1976). Hillcrest Publishing Co. San Diego, CA, 1928. The author used the "files of fifteen years' issues of the daily papers he conducted in Imperial Valley" to write this book. Provides interesting background knowledge of the events leading to the construction of Boulder Dam. Several small tears in dust-cover, otherwise very fine.