REVIEWS FOR HIGHER
“Captivating.
Bascomb describes the race as if he were a war
correspondent, relating the marshaling of battalions of
workers, secret battle strategy, deliberate lies, and
plans redrawn at the last minute.” —Washington
Post Book World
“A first-rate account of the race to construct the
world’s tallest building…Lively and suspenseful.”
—Boston
Globe
“A riveting chronicle brimming with the verve of the
Jazz Age.” —Newsday
“The fun in this book lies, as in the buildings, in the
Art Deco details.” —The New
Yorker
“Engrossing.”
—Dallas
Morning News
“Bascomb brings to life everything from the largest
personalities to the smallest
details.”—Constant
Reader
—Ross King, author of Brunelleschi’s Dome
“Page-turning.” —Rocky Mountain News
“Bascomb gives his tale a fresh sense of capitalist drama in his evocation of the nascent worlds of skyscraper engineering, architecture, and construction. Terrific detail.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Bascomb brings a keen eye for fascinating detail to this architectural history and uses an active, engaging writing style to pull the reader along at a rapid pace.” —Library Journal