02294nam 2200553 450 991081429880332120230808194408.00-8032-9572-30-8032-9570-7(CKB)3710000000768162(EBL)4602974(OCoLC)950084437(SSID)ssj0001692700(PQKBManifestationID)16544030(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001692700(PQKBWorkID)15066304(PQKB)25089432(MiAaPQ)EBC4602974(DLC) 2016023552(Au-PeEL)EBL4602974(CaPaEBR)ebr11237723(CaONFJC)MIL941293(EXLCZ)99371000000076816220160810h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe eighth wonder of the world the life of Houston's iconic Astrodome /Robert C. Trumpbour and Kenneth Womack ; foreword by Mickey HerskowitzLincoln, [Nebraska] ;London, [England] :University of Nebraska Press,2016.©20161 online resource (272 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4962-1178-2 0-8032-5545-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword: The Dome Was So NiceThey Opened It Twice; Prologue: A Noble Idea for the Oil Patch; I. COW TOWN; 1. Roy Hofheinz: Houston's Grand Huckster; 2. Of Cows and Construction: Houston's Livestock Show and Rodeo; 3. Going Pro: George Kirksey, Craig Cullinan, and the Major League Dream; II. DOME TOWN; 4. Zimmerman and the Grand Plan: Engineering a Marvel; 5. The Grass Isn't Always Greener: AstroTurf and the Sports Purist Backlash; III. SPACE CITY; 6. Fractious Dome Futures; 7. The Dome and Its Legacy; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index725/.827097641411Trumpbour Robert C.1628908Womack KennethHerskowitz MickeyMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814298803321The eighth wonder of the world3966319UNINA