Dale Perelman and the History Press have published Road to Rust: The Disintegration of the Steel Industry in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio. Dale writes: “This is the second book in a series highlighting the struggle for unionism by William Z. Foster, Samuel Gompers, and John L. Lewis, who faced strong management opposition under men like Judge Elbert Gary of U.S. Steel and Tom Girdler of Republic Steel. Tensions exploded in a series of violent and often fatal strikes until the Steel Workers Organizing Committee succeeded in obtaining a contract in 1937. The rest of the story catalogs the slow death of the steel industry in most of the small towns in the region.” In addition to Road to Rust, Perelman has written several histories, including Mountain of Light, The Regent, Centenarians, and Steel. He also coauthored The Scottish Rite Cathedral of New Castle with Rob Cummings.
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