Harvey Schwartz, Bay Area Historian; Author, Building the Golden Gate Bridge: A Workers' Oral History

The Golden Gate Bridge was a stupendous feat of engineering and design. Relying on their own words, which he recorded years ago, Schwartz takes us deep into the details of the men who built it, and the conditions they worked (and died) under to complete it. He also explores the role of nurses who treated the injured and what is required of the craftsmen and women who maintain this iconic San Francisco landmark. Everyone wonders who built the pyramids and how they did it. Schwartz tells the equally fascinating story of who and how for the Bay Area's not quite as ancient but nearly as famous bridge.