The eighth wonder of the world : the life of Houston's iconic Astrodome / Robert C. Trumpbour and Kenneth Womack ; foreword by Mickey Herskowitz.

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Trumpbour, Robert C [author.]

Contributor(s):

Womack, Kenneth [author.]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780803295704
0803295707
9780803295711
0803295715
9780803295728
0803295723

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Eighth wonder of the world.DDC classification:

725/.827097641411 23

LOC classification:

GV417.A77

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Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword: The Dome Was So NiceThey Opened It Twice; Prologue: A Noble Idea for the Oil Patch; I. COW TOWN; 1. Roy Hofheinz: Houston's Grand Huckster; 2. Of Cows and Construction: Houston's Livestock Show and Rodeo; 3. Going Pro: George Kirksey, Craig Cullinan, and the Major League Dream; II. DOME TOWN; 4. Zimmerman and the Grand Plan: Engineering a Marvel; 5. The Grass Isn't Always Greener: AstroTurf and the Sports Purist Backlash; III. SPACE CITY; 6. Fractious Dome Futures; 7. The Dome and Its Legacy; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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