Brings to life the breathtaking and often heartbreaking stories of the workers who built New York City in the Twentieth Century
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives tells the stories of the men and women who built the City―of towering structures and the beam walkers who assembled them; of immigrant youths in factories and women in sweatshops; of longshoremen and typewriter girls; of dock workers and captains of industry. It provides a glimpse of the traditions they carried with them to this country and how t…
