Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick

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By David Frye *89

Published July 24, 2018

David Frye *89 takes on static structures energetically in Walls (Scribner), explaining how walls including Hadrian’s, the Berlin, the Great Wall of China, and others have influenced history and impressed themselves on people’s minds.

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Tod Williams ’65 *67 stands in front of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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