Skyscraper Dreams

About the Book

"Fascinating history, showing how the city has been molded by the edifice complexes of risk-takers. The stuff of grand comedy."

-Business Week

About the Author

Tom Shachtman is an author, documentary filmmaker, and teacher. He has written 25 books for adults and children, as well as award-winning documentaries for all the major television networks. His adult histories, which cover points of change in the twentieth century, have been regularly described as ?fascinating,? ?filled with illuminating detail,? ?highly readable,? and as written ?with passion and clarity.?