An edition of High steel (2004)

High Steel

The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline

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An edition of High steel (2004)

High Steel

The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline

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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.

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HarperCollins
Language
English
Pages
384

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High Steel
2007, HarperCollins Publishers
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High Steel
2007, HarperCollins Publishers
in English
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High Steel
2007, HarperCollins
eBook in English
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High Steel
2007, HarperCollins Publishers
in English
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High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline, 1881 to the Present
March 1, 2005, Harper Paperbacks
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High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline, 1881 to the Present
March 1, 2005, Harper Paperbacks
in English
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High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline
January 1, 2004, Diane Pub Co
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High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline
March 30, 2004, HarperCollins
in English
Cover of: High Steel
High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline
March 30, 2004, HarperCollins
Hardcover in English - 1st edition
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High steel: the daring men who built the world's greatest skyline
2004, HarperCollins
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First Sentence

"Brett Conklin was one of the lucky ones."

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Open Library
OL7274336M
ISBN 10
0060004347
ISBN 13
9780060004347
Library Thing
1016886
Goodreads
423529

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Brett Conklin was one of the lucky ones.
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