The Bridge: How the Roeblings Connected Brooklyn to New York

This masterpiece of historical graphic storytelling brings readers the epic struggle to build an icon—and the family that sacrificed everything to see it through.

In the mid-19th century, the East River was a treacherous divide that froze the heartbeat of New York. To bridge it, one man had a vision that most called impossible. But the story of the Brooklyn Bridge isn’t just one of stone, steel, and "caisson disease"—it is a multi-generational saga of obsession, tragedy, and breathtaking per...