The Man Who Built the Nation’s Capital
by
John P. Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
With Alexander Robey Shepherd, John P. Richardson gives us the first full-length biography of his subject, who as Washington, D.C.’s, public works czar (1871–74) built the infrastructure of the nation’s capital in a few frenetic years after the Civil War. The story of Shepherd is also the story...