High Steel : The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline, 1881 to the Present
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Step out onto a narrow steel beam 800 feet in the air and join the rarest breed of worker you'll ever meet. From the violence-prone, half-mad "roughnecks" that built America's first steel bridges and buildings -- often dying in the process -- to the roaming Mohawks and "boomers" raising its skyscrapers today, they are the rogues and heroes, the anything-but-average Average Joes of High Steel.
For anyone who ever wondered about the origins of America's steel icons -- its suspension bridges, its skyscrapers -- here's the untold story of the men who risked their lives to build them. Rich in history and personality, soaring from stunning tragedy to monumental achievement, High Steel is the most original and significant account of workers in America since Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed. This is nonfiction that will make your heart beat a little faster, and show you the world from a place you've never been.
About the AuthorJim Rasenberger is a frequent contributor to the New York Times. He lives in New York City with his wife and twin sons. High Steel is his first book.
High Steel : The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline, 1881 to the Present,Jim Rasenberger,Harper Paperbacks,0060004355,Architecture,General,History,History - Specific Styles,History: World,Modern - 20th Century,Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings,U.S. Architecture - General,History / General
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