A modern mobile crane with outriggers. The latticed boom is fitted with a gib. A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist rope, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally. It is mainly used for lifting heavy things and transporting them to other places.
The Optimist's Daughter is a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winning 1972 short novel by Eudora Welty.
Toni Morrison: âI Know How to Write Foreverâ. 1  Toni Morrison continues to hone her craft, even though she sits comfortably as one of the greatest authors in American history. Here she reads from her forthcoming novel, âGod Help the Child.â. By Colin Archdeacon on Publish Date April 8, 2015. Photo by Colin Archdeacon/The New York Times.