Leisure Reading

A list of steel-related novels and other books that may interest you.

American Steel, by Richard Preston, published by Avon Books (1992).
Bethlehem Steel, by Lance E. Metz and Andrew Garn, published by Princeton Architectural Press (1999).
Bridges: A History of the World's Most Famous and Important Spans, by Judith Dupré, published by Black Dog & Leventhal (1996).
Building the Empire State, by Carol Willis and Donald Friedman (Editors), published by W.W. Norton & Co. (1998).
The EERI Oral History Series -- Five volumes compiled from interviews with Henry J. Degenkolb, John A. Blume, Michael Pregnoff, John Rinne, George Housner and William W. Moore; all pioneers in seismic design.
Forks in the Road: Impacting the World Around Us, by Richard Weingardt, published by Palamar Publishing (1998).
High Steel: Building the Bridges Across the San Francisco Bay, by Richard Dillon, Thomas Moulin (Editor) and Don Denevi (Editor), published by Celestial Arts (1998).
Landmark American Bridges, by Eric DeLony, published by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (1992).
A Nation of Steel: The Making of Modern America 1865 - 1925, by Thomas J. Misa, published by the Johns Hopkins University Press (1995).
Skyscraper: The Making of a Building, by Karl Sabbagh, publshed by the Penguin Group (1990).
SkyScrapers: A History of the World's Most Famous and Important Skyscrapers, by Judith Dupré, published by Black Dog & Leventhal (1996).