Steel: The Story of Pittsburgh's Iron and Steel Industry, 1852 1902

Steel portrays the growth of the iron and steel industry in smoke-filled Pittsburgh during the nineteenth century. This fast-paced saga tells the story of millionaire steel titans Andrew Carnegie, Ben Franklin Jones, Henry Clay Frick, Henry Phipps and Charles Schwab strong-willed men who often plotted and schemed against each other, yet united against their underpaid and undervalued pro-union immigrant workforce. The juxtaposition of the haves and the have-nots produced bloody battles that exploded throughout Western Pennsylvania s plants, mines and railroad yards."


About the Author
Perelman, Dale Richard: - Dale Richard Perelman has written several books including Mountain of Light, The Regent and Centenarians. Mr. Perelman holds a bachelor of arts degree in English literature from Brown University and an MBA in industrial relations from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.