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A powerful first-hand account of the many generations and ethnic groups of men who have built America's skyscrapers.
From the early days of steel construction in Chicago, through the great boom years of New York city ironwork, and up through the present, High Steel follows the trajectory of careers inextricably linked to both great accomplishment and catastrophic disaster.
The personal stories reveal the lives of ironworkers and the dangers they face as they walk across the windswept, swaying summits of tomorrow's skyscrapers, balanced on steel girders sometimes only six inches wide. Rasenberger explores both the greatest accomplishments of ironwork—the vaulting bridges and towers that define America's skyline—and the deadliest disasters, such as the Quebec Bridge Collapse of 1907, when 75 ironworkers, including 33 Mohawk Indians, fell to their deaths. High Steel is an accessible, thrilling, and vertiginous portrait of the lives of some of our most brave yet unrecognized men.
Jim 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.
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Posted July 12, 2011
One bad thingbabout the electronic version is there are no pictures that show up. Just blank spaces that state not available on electronic version. This really takes away from the experience as the pics go along with the text. I feel like i didnt get my moneys worth.
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Posted May 15, 2008
The synopsis has me interested. Of course I'm a welder so...of course, and an ironworker's welder at that...this has got to be a good read!! Can't wait to get it!!!
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Posted July 29, 2004
Myself,I am a surveyor ,who also has to walk'steel beams'on bridges to put grades on the beams.I don't think anyone ever gets use to it,but you can get to comfortable and forget where you are. This book is as close to the real feeling as it comes,a good read,hard to put down.
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Posted April 18, 2004
This book has opened a whole new area of American History for me that I knew nothing about. The next time I see a skyscraper going up I will appreciate the people who are building it. Also when I look at the new Time Life building in N.Y, I will remember the iron workers and the exciting, perilous lives they live. High Steel was gripping. I couldn't put it down.
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Posted January 24, 2011
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A powerful first-hand account of the many generations and ethnic groups of men who have built America's skyscrapers.
From the early days of steel construction in Chicago, through the great boom years of New York city ironwork, and up through the present, High Steel follows the trajectory of careers inextricably linked to both great accomplishment and catastrophic disaster.
The personal stories reveal the lives of ironworkers and the dangers they face as they walk across the windswept, swaying summits of tomorrow's skyscrapers, balanced on steel girders sometimes only six inches wide. Rasenberger explores both the ...