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High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline

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About Product Details Praise A powerful first-hand account of the many generations and ethnic groups of men who have built America's skyscrapers. HarperCollins e-books On Sale: Reveal[s] as much about the human spirit as about technological progress. Rasenberger tell[s] his tale A breezy, anecdotal history of The Times On This Day: Facts and trivia for every day of the year.

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This book had snippets of brilliance smattered throughout, but not consistent enough to maintain interest. I did like the back and forth between past and present, I did like the historical aspects of Chicago, various bridges and the union bombings and other union unrest to flesh out this book, but often the other extraneous things, such as more than 10 pages about the history of Newfoundland as an attempt to flesh out one ironworker was just plain boring.

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Excellent idea for a novel, but this was not executed up to the potential. Aug 03, Roger rated it it was amazing. Very engaging story - read most of the book in 2 days.

Nov 30, Kim Zinkowski rated it really liked it. Brief history of American ironworkers.

Apr 20, Pete Sikora rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Bad dudes slingin' steel - the book is a good history of steel construction. There is a lot of focus on the tough guy ironworker culture. The ironworkers come off as slightly crazy - who else would work such a dangerous job? Overall tho, there's not a lot of there to this book. It's a good quick read, but ultimately unsatisfying On the other hand, it's not boring at all I would have liked more analysis of the ironworker Bad dudes slingin' steel - the book is a good history of steel construction.

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I would have liked more analysis of the ironworkers' political culture. The best part is a brief section on hardhats beating up Vietnam war protesters. Aug 05, Richp rated it liked it.

This book is about the structural steelworkers themselves. As such I found it good, not great. There is some limited background on building design, economics, and the vast number of other workers, but that material I found to be weak. The author's political biases intrude from time to time, but that is to be expected: Algonac and Clay Township. It Happened in Chicago. Man on the Move. A Route 66 Companion. The Plight Beneath the Northern Light. What's Great about New York?

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