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Good Guys, Wiseguys, and Putting Up Buildings: A Life in Construction

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Good Guys, Wiseguys, and Putting Up Buildings is an engaging memoir about one man's career in construction--rising to the top of an industry renowned for crime, corruption, violence, physical danger, and the chronic risk of financial catastrophe. Starting in the Navy Seabees at the end of WWII, Samuel C. Florman made his way as a general contractor in New York City through the period of explosive development, private exuberance and the historic growth of publicly supported housing--all amidst the rise of the notorious Mafia families, and evolution of the Civil Rights Movement. His storied career brought him into contact with a variety of personalities: politicians and civil servants, developers and technocrats, saintly do-gooders and corrupt rapscallions. Along with the rousing adventures there were satisfactions of a different sort: the enchantment of seeing architecture made real; the pride of creating housing, hospitals, schools, places of worship--shelter for the body and nourishment for the spirit.

About the Author :
Samuel C. Florman is the chairman of Kreisler Borg Florman General Construction Company. He has published six books and over 250 articles and has written numerous reviews for The New York Times Book Review. He has spoken at many engineering schools and discussed professional topics on television and radio.

Review :
"Clear, erudite, and occasionally eloquent, a useful read for engineers given to self-scrutiny and a stimulating one for the layman interested in the ancient schism between machines and men's souls." --Time on THE EXISTENTIAL PLEASURES OF ENGINEERING "Mr. Florman, an engineer, has a gift for prose and is, besides, a kindly, clear thinker." --The New Yorker on THE EXISTENTIAL PLEASURES OF ENGINEERING "Gracefully written. . .Refreshing and highly infectious enthusiasm. . .Imaginatively engineered." --The New York Times Book Review on THE EXISTENTIAL PLEASURES OF ENGINEERING Clear, erudite, and occasionally eloquent, a useful read for engineers given to self-scrutiny and a stimulating one for the layman interested in the ancient schism between machines and men's souls. Time on THE EXISTENTIAL PLEASURES OF ENGINEERING Mr. Florman, an engineer, has a gift for prose and is, besides, a kindly, clear thinker. The New Yorker on THE EXISTENTIAL PLEASURES OF ENGINEERING Gracefully written. . .Refreshing and highly infectious enthusiasm. . .Imaginatively engineered. The New York Times Book Review on THE EXISTENTIAL PLEASURES OF ENGINEERING " Clear, erudite, and occasionally eloquent, a useful read for engineers given to self-scrutiny and a stimulating one for the layman interested in the ancient schism between machines and men's souls. "Time on THE EXISTENTIAL PLEASURES OF ENGINEERING" Mr. Florman, an engineer, has a gift for prose and is, besides, a kindly, clear thinker. "The New Yorker on THE EXISTENTIAL PLEASURES OF ENGINEERING" Gracefully written. . .Refreshing and highly infectious enthusiasm. . .Imaginatively engineered. "The New York Times Book Review on THE EXISTENTIAL PLEASURES OF ENGINEERING"" Reviews of THE EXISTENTIAL PLEASURES OF ENGINEERING: "Clear, erudite, and occasionally eloquent, a useful read for engineers given to self-scrutiny and a stimulating one for the layman interested in the ancient schism between machines and men's souls."--"Time" "Mr. Florman, an engineer, has a gift for prose and is, besides, a kindly, clear thinker."--"The New Yorker" "Gracefully written. . .Refreshing and highly infectious enthusiasm. . .Imaginatively engineered."--"The New York Times Book Review"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781429941082
  • Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Thomas Dunne Books
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1429941081
  • Publisher Date: 13 Mar 2012
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Sub Title: A Life in Construction


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