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Weitzman, David

Skywalkers: Mohawk Ironworkers Build the City

124 pp. | Roaring Brook/Flash Point | September, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59643-162-1 $19.99
(2) 4-6 Mohawks have been in high steel for more than a hundred years, since construction of the first railroad bridge over the St. Lawrence in 1886. Throughout this useful book, Weitzman effectively mingles social and industrial history to tell the mens' story. Ironworker testimony, along with other eyewitness reports, gives the volume a documentary, you-are-there feel. Historical photographs appear throughout. Bib., glos., ind.
Reviewer: Barbara Bader | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2010

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