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Life and Times of a Civil Engineer : Supplemented by The True Theory of the Mississippi River

Searles, James M

Cincinnati OH: Printed for the author by Robert Clarke & Co, 1893.

First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Item #13976

Library REBIND, library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, several pages with gutter tears, tone, otherwise light wear. Still serviceable and solid hardcover.; First Edition of one of the early engineering memoirs, the rather revealing autobiography of civil engineer James M Searles. It relates his experiences in field engineering work, in his lack of influence within corporation decision-making, and his fervid hope for greater Mississippi River flood control projects of levees, outlets and reservoirs.; Ex-Library; 139 pages.

Price: $99.95