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The eighth wonder of the world : the life of Houston's iconic Astrodome
- Title
- The eighth wonder of the world : the life of Houston's iconic Astrodome / Robert C. Trumpbour and Kenneth Womack ; foreword by Mickey Herskowitz.
- Author
- Trumpbour, Robert C.
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | GV417.A77 T78 2016 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Womack, Kenneth
- Description
- xxvi, 223 pages; 24 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-215) and index.
- Contents
- pt. I. Cow town. Roy Hofheinz : Houston's Grand Huckster -- Of cows and construction : Houston's livestock show and rodeo -- Going pro : George Kirksey, Craig Cullinan, and the major league dream -- pt. II. Dome town. Zimmerman and the grand plan : engineering a marvel -- The grass isn't always greener : AstroTurf and the sports burist backlash -- pt. III. Space city. Fractious dome futures -- The dome and its legacy.
- ISBN
- 9780803255456
- 0803255454
- 9780803295711 (canceled/invalid)
- 9780803295728 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015043763
- 40026256989
- OCLC
- ocn946906314
- 946906314
- SCSB-1861415
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library