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"Introduce[s] us to the romance and adventure of hard hats..men [who] make their living courting danger every day." (New York Post )
"Mr. Rasenberger's sharp eye...his sympathetic imagination, and his graceful prose make for an engaging read....Beautifully written." (New York Sun )
"HIGH STEEL is a testament to an incredible group of workers [that] ranks ... with Gay Talese's classic THE BRIDGE." (Daily News )
"A dizzying look at a world hundreds of feet above New York's mean streets." (Maxim (4 Star Review) )
"[A] riveting historical work." (Chicago Sun-Times )
"Fascinating." (New York Magazine )
"In HIGH STEEL, Jim Rasenberger immortalizes the daring ironworkers who erect the world's most spectacular skylines." (Vanity Fair )
"Admirable....Rasenberger tell[s] his tale...uncommonly well." (Jonathan Yardley in The Washington Post )
"Rasenberger's compelling book ....Reveal[s] as much about the human spirit as about technological progress." (Wall Street Journal )
"[Rasenberger] is as engaging a writer as Sebastian Junger and HIGH STEEL is a fast-paced read." (Ottawa Citizen )
"Fascinating....A breezy, anecdotal history of...the daredevils of the skies...who built New York City's bridges and skyscrapers." (New York Newsday ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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HIGH STEEL does for the world of ironworkers - the brave men who scale the beams of skyscrapers hundreds of feet in the air - what THE PERFECT STORM did for deep sea fishing and RIVETHEAD did for assembly line workers. 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. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"Introduce[s] us to the romance and adventure of hard hats..men [who] make their living courting danger every day." (New York Post )
"Mr. Rasenberger's sharp eye...his sympathetic imagination, and his graceful prose make for an engaging read....Beautifully written." (New York Sun )
"HIGH STEEL is a testament to an incredible group of workers [that] ranks ... with Gay Talese's classic THE BRIDGE." (Daily News )
"A dizzying look at a world hundreds of feet above New York's mean streets." (Maxim (4 Star Review) )
"[A] riveting historical work." (Chicago Sun-Times )
"Fascinating." (New York Magazine )
"In HIGH STEEL, Jim Rasenberger immortalizes the daring ironworkers who erect the world's most spectacular skylines." (Vanity Fair )
"Admirable....Rasenberger tell[s] his tale...uncommonly well." (Jonathan Yardley in The Washington Post )
"Rasenberger's compelling book ....Reveal[s] as much about the human spirit as about technological progress." (Wall Street Journal )
"[Rasenberger] is as engaging a writer as Sebastian Junger and HIGH STEEL is a fast-paced read." (Ottawa Citizen )
"Fascinating....A breezy, anecdotal history of...the daredevils of the skies...who built New York City's bridges and skyscrapers." (New York Newsday ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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HIGH STEEL does for the world of ironworkers - the brave men who scale the beams of skyscrapers hundreds of feet in the air - what THE PERFECT STORM did for deep sea fishing and RIVETHEAD did for assembly line workers. 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. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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fellow ironworkers, raising gang, young ironworker, most ironworkers, kangaroo cranes, structural ironworkers, derrick floor, bolt bag, ironworkers union, walking boss, setting steel, walking delegate, jazz center, shape hall, good gang, bridge company, high steel Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Sam Parks, Columbus Circle, World Trade Center, Quebec Bridge, Time Warner Center, Ground Zero, Los Angeles, Conception Harbour, Jack Doyle, Conception Bay, New Jersey, United States, Joe Lewis, Empire State Building, Keith Brown, Brooklyn Bridge, Brett Conklin, Kevin Scally, Times Square, Mike Emerson, Theodore Cooper, The Bridgemen's Magazine, Bay Ridge, Big Steel New!
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fellow ironworkers, raising gang, young ironworker, most ironworkers, kangaroo cranes, structural ironworkers, derrick floor, bolt bag, ironworkers union, walking boss, setting steel, walking delegate, jazz center, shape hall, good gang, bridge company, high steel Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Sam Parks, Columbus Circle, World Trade Center, Quebec Bridge, Time Warner Center, Ground Zero, Los Angeles, Conception Harbour, Jack Doyle, Conception Bay, New Jersey, United States, Joe Lewis, Empire State Building, Keith Brown, Brooklyn Bridge, Brett Conklin, Kevin Scally, Times Square, Mike Emerson, Theodore Cooper, The Bridgemen's Magazine, Bay Ridge, Big Steel New!
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