High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline
20th Century Architecture Biography Building Building; Iron and steel Building; Iron and steel - New York - History Building; Iron and steel New York History Buildings Commercial & Industrial Construction General History Iron and steel Iron and steel - New York - History Iron and steel New York History Middle Atlantic Middle Atlantic (NJ Middle Atlantic (NJ; NY; PA) Modern NY New York New York (N.Y.) New York (N.Y.) - Buildings New York (N.Y.) - Buildings; structures; etc New York (N.Y.) Buildings New York (N.Y.) Buildings; structures; etc Northeast PA) Public Public; Commercial & Industrial Structural steel workers Structural steel workers - United States Structural steel workers United States Biography Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades Technology & Engineering Travel United States etc structures
Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, c2004.
Published: Mar 18, 2004
Description:
SUMMARY: Shares personal, first-hand accounts of workers from a range of ethnic backgrounds who contributed to the constructions of America's skyscrapers, detailing their witness to several of the nation's most notable architectural achievements and disasters. 30,000 first printing.