This book stands out for its awe-inspiring art work and interesting story. Unfortunately, it does not read as well as I'd hoped and the writing is sort of jerky in places and word choice predictable. It does not flow like a good story should. A good book should read like a rich piece of chocolate cake, with descriptions and poetic details that grab hold of you immediately and pull you into the rushing river of the story until your tossed up, exhilarated and possibly teary eyed on the beach by the end. It is written as if it should rhyme, and yet it does not rhyme, except in some places. I so wish the writing was more like Trinka Hakes Nobles work.
On a brighter note, I love the subject. It's a true story about how people did not think the Brooklyn bridge was safe so B.T. Barnum took 21 elephants across it to show the public it was indeed safe. These jumbo elephants weighed 10,000 pounds a piece! That's a lot of weight. And elephants are used to test surfaces because they will not walk across something that is not safe; they use their trunks and feet to determine safe surfaces somehow.
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