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Unbuilding

David Macaulay

198078 pagesabout 1–2 hours
1980
first published
  • 1980Houghton Mifflin · 78 pages · ENGISBN 9780395294574
  • 1981Hamilton · 78 pages · ENGISBN 9780241106099
  • 1987Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company · 80 pages · ENGISBN 9780547348414
  • 2008No further detail recordedISBN 9781439579701
  • 1987Houghton Mifflin Company · ENGISBN 9785553071752
  • 1999Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780833509161
  • 1987Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books · 80 pages · ENGISBN 9780395454251

This fictional account of the dismantling and removal of the Empire State Building describes the structure of a skyscraper and explains how such an edifice would be demolished.

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Written forMiddle grade
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