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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 810.809267209045 EAN: 9781891812170 Edition: 1st ISBN: 1891812173 Label: Cedar Hill Publications Manufacturer: Cedar Hill Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 157 Publication Date: 2001-02 Publisher: Cedar Hill Publications Studio: Cedar Hill Publications Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: A collection of short stories written by steelworkers under the guidance of award-winning poet Jimmy Santiago Baca. These voices of the working class describe what it's like to spend a lifetime in the shadow of America's steel mills. The Heat offers a rare last glimpse inside the huge, old abandoned plants that now litter the rust-belt landscape. Average Rating:
 Rating: - One of the best books I've ever read!I had the privilege of being a part of "unseenamerica New York State". As part of our class project, our instructor gave us this book to read. As I was reading the many short stories, I couldn't help thinking about the people in them. They're all steelworkers. Many of them retired or unemployed from the devastating steel mill closings and bankruptcies. Their stories made me laugh and they made me cry. I can only imagine the life they lived. The stories give their industry a face. It also ... Read More Rating: - Better Than FictionRalph Waldo Emerson once said: "These novels will give way, by and by, to diaries or autobiographies -- captivating books, if only a man knew how to choose among what he calls his experiences that which is really his experience, and how to record truth truly." That quote can be found at the front of "Tropic of Cancer" by Henry Miller. Setting aside Emerson's sexism, mysticism, and redundancy, I think he was onto something that Miller did not fully realize. It's not that ... Read More Rating: - A book worth reading!!I got the chance of actually meeting several of the authors as they read their stories at Calumet College of St. Joseph on Feb. 5, 2002. These people have worked hard and long in steelmills, yet not many people appreciate the jobs they do. They have proven beyond doubt that they can do more then work on steelmills. These men that read their stories have shown that they can be creative if they put their minds to it!! Rating: - Steelworkers in a new light.As I read the collection of stories, I was surprised by the humanity and humility expressed by the writers. For the first time, I could relate to the life and times of an average steelworker. They are after all no different than anyone else in struggling to survive everyday life. Only the key difference is the unique and dangerous work that invovles earning their daily bread. Despite this fact, the truly american values shine through of hard work and pride in doing the job right no matter how dirty ... Read More Rating: - Well Worth Reading...Excellent accounts of experiences and stories by steelworkers. They share not only their stories, but their feelings as well. I found it as one of those books which is difficult to put down once you've begun reading it. A book well worth reading! 
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