Boulder Dam [Hardcover]

Zane Grey (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Story House Corp (June 1963)
• ISBN-10: 9996337405
• ISBN-13: 978-9996337406
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,685,826 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Historic novel, March 9, 2008

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Ms. Charlene C. Cruze "Earthmark" (Las Vegas NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boulder Dam (Paperback)

I recomment reading this book if you are at all interested in period history of the building of the Boulder/Hoover Dam.
Zane Grey's colorful depiction of that era is priceless.
The ambiance of that time and place really come to life. My father worked on the Dam, and this book is like the heart and soul of the project.
Charlene Cruze/EARTHMARK

4.0 out of 5 stars Glimpse into the Past, December 26, 2011

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Nash Black "Troubadour" (Jamestown, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boulder Dam (Paperback)

Zane Grey's BOULDER DAM is an excellent read with vivid descriptions of the construction process. The book was of a deep interest to me because I live near another large dam that has been under repair for the last seven years.
The story of Lynn Weston's drive to make a success of himself by tackling all the difficult jobs entailed in the construction is from another era when people assumed responsibility for their own actions.
The fight scenes have a quality of human interaction that is seldom present in many current adventure stories. An good read and a fine example of why 'western romance' still attracts readers.
Nash Black, author of SANDPRINTS OF DEATH

3.0 out of 5 stars Dated but interesting!, August 6, 2011

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fhuband "FH" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boulder Dam (Paperback)

Zane Grey was one of America's most prolific writers of the early 20th century -- he was also my father's favorite author. My father had almost all of his novels and liked to read and reread them. I read a few of them when I was younger and remember enjoying them. I decided to read Boulder Dam because our family visited the dam as part of a Vegas vacation this summer. Hoover (Boulder) Dam was so impressive and it amazes me how it could have been constructed in the 1930s during the height of the Depression. Grey's novel was actually published 1963 - more than 20 years after his death in 1939. I'm not sure when it was written but reading it is definitely going back to a by-gone era. The book had some great descriptions of how Boulder Dam was built but the plot and storyline was something out of the past. It includes a plot by Communists to destroy the dam and also includes characters such as Chicago racketeers who traffick in white slavery. The hero of the story, Lynn Weston, is a typical Grey do-gooder who can do no wrong. He saves the dam and ends up with the girl in peril. The writing is very descriptive and often goes on and on. It also includes some racial slurs that were common in books of the period but expletives are deleted with blanks _______! Anyway, this was a definite change of pace.