Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century

New York: Free Press; Simon & Schuster, 2010. xiv, 496 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Free Press hardcover edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "The definitive account of the epic construction of the Hoover Dam, one of the the twentieth century's most consequential public works. / Michael Hiltzik is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who has covered business, technology, and public policy for the Los Angeles Times for twenty years. In that time he has served as a financial and political writer, an investigative reporter, and as a foreign correspondent in Africa and Russia. He currently serves as the Times business columnist. His other books include The Plot Against Social Security (2005), Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age (1999), and A Death in Kenya (1995). Mr. Hiltzik received the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for articles exposing corruption in the entertainment industry. Among his other awards for excellence in reporting are the 2004 Gerald Loeb Award for outstanding business commentary and the Silver Gavel from the American Bar Association for outstanding legal reporting. A graduate of Colgate University, Mr. Hiltzik received a master of science degree in journalism from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University in 1974. He lives in Southern California with his wife and two children." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.