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The Tower

The Tower

by Richard Martin Stern

Tall buildingsSkyscrapersBuilding failuresStructural failuresArchitects
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About this book

A big best seller. An impressive cast of VIPs trapped in the world's newest, tallest skyscraper—as its dedication ceremony turns into a major disaster.

Themes & subjects

Tall buildingsSkyscrapersBuilding failuresStructural failuresArchitectsFiction

Setting

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)New York (N.Y.)Manhattan1974

About the author

Richard Martin Stern

17 March 1915 – 31 October 2001

Author

Richard Martin Stern

Pages

303

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

6

Languages

English, German

Publisher

Bertelsmann, Reinhard Mohn OHG

ISBN

9783596322206

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