The engineer's wife [large print] / Tracey Enerson Wood.
Emily Warren Roebling refuses to live conventionally--she knows who she is and what she wants, and she's determined to make change. But then her husband, the Chief Engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge, is injured on the job. Untrained, she nevertheless assumes his position with his guidance, despite resistance and overwhelming obstacles. But as the project takes shape under Emily's direction, she wonders whose legacy she is building--hers or her husband's. As the monument rises, Emily's marriage, principles, and identity threaten to collapse. When the bridge is finally completed, will she recognize the woman who built it?
Record details
- ISBN: 9781432879310
- ISBN: 1432879316
- Physical Description: 605 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
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- Includes reading group guide.
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- Subject:
- Roebling, Emily Warren, 1843-1903 > Fiction.
Roebling, Washington Augustus, 1837-1926 > Fiction.
Engineers > Fiction.
Husband and wife > Fiction.
Self-realization in women > Fiction.
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction. - Genre:
- Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Large print books.
Novels.
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- 10 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | LP FIC WOOD (Text) | 36015000529541 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Eden Library | LP Fic (Text) | 31554010650249 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | LP ENE (Text) | 900005000079629 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | WOO (Text) | 33258009818225 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| High Point Library | LP FIC Wood Tracey (Text) | 30519010565482 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Lexington Public Library | LP WOO (Text) | 25908008007119 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Macon County Public Library | LP WOOD (Text) | 39493108711294 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Richard H. Thornton Main Library | LPB FIC WOOD (Text) | 42756202257983 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Checked out | 08/11/2026 |
| Rockingham Outreach | LP Fic (Text) | 31554010587086 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Selma Public Library | LP Wood (Text) | 38950611364094 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
Emily Warren Roebling refuses to live conventionally--she knows who she is and what she wants, and she's determined to make change. But then her husband, the Chief Engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge, is injured on the job. Untrained, she nevertheless assumes his position with his guidance, despite resistance and overwhelming obstacles. But as the project takes shape under Emily's direction, she wonders whose legacy she is building--hers or her husband's. As the monument rises, Emily's marriage, principles, and identity threaten to collapse. When the bridge is finally completed, will she recognize the woman who built it?
