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The Last Dance: The Skywalks Disaster and a City Changed
by Kevin Murphy with Rick Alm and Carol Powers
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 1611690129
- ISBN 13
- 9781611690125
- Seller
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Independence, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Sellers note: I lived just a few blocks away from Crown Center and had just been to an event at the Hyatt the week before this disaster happened. When I heard the news of the skywalk collapse, it was hard to believe. The news spread fast and within hours I had friends from all over the country checking in with me to make sure that I was okay and had not been hurt. It was such a sobering event. I will never forget it.
From front DJ flap: "In an instant, more than one hundred people lost their lives. Twice as many were seriously injured. In an instant, the crush of concrete and steel jolted the lives of hundreds of others."
"The Last Dance is the story of a tragedy. It tells how a new building raised hopes and a city's pride, how a desire for grand architectural flourishes created challenges and how efforts to simplify construction created a fatal flaw. It tells how an evening of gaiety turned into a night of horror."
It tells how the truth was discovered and what was learned from the mistakes, and much more. "It is about healing, recovery, and hope.
Maroon coated cloth over boards with gold gilt lettering on the spine.
From front DJ flap: "In an instant, more than one hundred people lost their lives. Twice as many were seriously injured. In an instant, the crush of concrete and steel jolted the lives of hundreds of others."
"The Last Dance is the story of a tragedy. It tells how a new building raised hopes and a city's pride, how a desire for grand architectural flourishes created challenges and how efforts to simplify construction created a fatal flaw. It tells how an evening of gaiety turned into a night of horror."
It tells how the truth was discovered and what was learned from the mistakes, and much more. "It is about healing, recovery, and hope.
Maroon coated cloth over boards with gold gilt lettering on the spine.
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- Bookseller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1426
- Title
- The Last Dance: The Skywalks Disaster and a City Changed
- Author
- Kevin Murphy with Rick Alm and Carol Powers
- Illustrator
- Photography by: The Kansas City Star and Times, Dan White, Aaron Leimkuehler, Todd Feeback
- Format/Binding
- Coated cloth over boards
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1611690129
- ISBN 13
- 9781611690125
- Publisher
- Kansas City Star Books
- Place of Publication
- Kansas City, MO
- Date Published
- 2011-07
- Keywords
- Kansas City, Missouri, Hyatt, architecture, disaster, tea dance, tragedy, photographs, skywalks, music stopped, collapse, rescue, list of the deceased, engineering, July 17 1981, Crown Center
- Bookseller catalogs
- History - Missouri; History - American; Photography; Communication; Architecture; Kansas City; Disasters;
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Independence, Missouri
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