I was born in Pittsburgh during the 50's. Steel was King everyone in your family work at the mills. By the time I graduated from high school (74) the steel mills were shuting down and being destroyed. This book has the greatest number of human interest pictures and stories I have ever read about Pittsburgh's Steel area. This book not only coveres the large miles located in the downtown area but also brings to life the number of small towns who whole survivial was built around the mills. The era that is covered is before safety was a major concern. You can see in the pictures and the well written stories that these imagrants came together in dangerous and hard work situations to produce the greatest product of its time STEEL. When the Steel died so did much of Pittsburgh. This book shows the world how you lived and died the Pittsburgh steel way...beautifully.