Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1865: Prisoners on the Mississippi

1879: Scotland’s Tay Railway Bridge

1906: Harriman Fights the Colorado

1928: Mulholland’s St. Francis Dam

1935: The Over-Sea Railroad

1939: Death in the Desert

1940: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge

1963: Italy’s Vajont Dam

Final Thoughts

Bibliography

Image Credits

About the Author