Twenty-One Elephants and Still Standing

by April Jones Prince

2021-01-10 04:33:26

After fourteen years of construction, the Brooklyn Bridge was completed, much to the delight of the sister cities it connected: Brooklyn and New York City.Fireworks and top hats filled the air in celebration when the magnificent bridge opened in 1883... Read more
After fourteen years of construction, the Brooklyn Bridge was completed, much to the delight of the sister cities it connected: Brooklyn and New York City.

Fireworks and top hats filled the air in celebration when the magnificent bridge opened in 1883. But some wondered just how much weight the new bridge could hold. Was it truly safe?

One man seized the opportunity to show people in Brooklyn, New York and the world that the Brooklyn Bridge was in fact strong enough to hold even the heaviest of passengers. P. T. Barnum, creator of ''The Greatest Show on Earth,'' would present a show too big for the Big Top and too wondrous to forget. Less

Book Details

File size11 X 9 X 0.39 in
Print pages32
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date September 26, 2005
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780618448876
April Jones Prince is the author of several children's books, including Who Was Mark Twain?...

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