Joe Irving, the oldest living ironworker, returns after his first book to tell us stories of not just his construction days, but from his entire life. Life of an Ironworker is a collection of stories, memories, opinions and events told from the hand of a 99-year-old man, now retired and living in the Kootenays of British Columbia, Canada. Born in 1911, Joe grew up in the pioneer days in rural B.C. and then joined the Local #97, International Union of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Ironworkers, Machinery Movers, Derickmen and Riggers with whom he had a wonderfully successful career. He later retired and purchased the Rainbow Pines Ranch, in the Slocan Valley, with his wife Sylvia where they lived the better part of forty years farming, ranching, and milling. Joe has travelled the world, graduated high-school at 93 years old, lent a helping hand whenever he could and read and researched his way through thousands of books. His collected works span a lifetime of 99 years and truly show the amazing character that has allowed Joe to survive in the world for the past one hundred years, and still to be alive, healthy and strong, telling those stories today.

The book is about a young man’s journey through his early age years working as an ironworker to provide money for his poverty challenged family.

Autobiography of the Davis, Secretary of Labor under presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. Covers his youth and early work in the iron industry, his membership in the Loyal Order of Moose, and founding of the Mooseheart School.

An Union Ironworker's LifeMy Book illustrates from the begining of Ironworkers throughout History up to Today's Union Ironworkers Male and Female IronworkersThe many Contributions Ironworkers do in making a better America for all Mankind. I look at a Historic Perspective as well. Showing how the Ironworker and International evolved together in the American Labor Movement. The first book was called the 100 years of a Union Ironworker, author was Vice-President Ray Robertson. I told Ray, that I would write the second Book, which took 5 years to write. It is primarily for recognition that we do not get, but hopefully I believe my book will evolve and the Public will understand us better after reading it. I also talk briefly about my 40 year life as a Union Ironworker, my family is 3rd generation. I delve into important events in our History as well, like the Crime of the Century,and our struggles in the American Labor Movement, and presently. Additionally, I factually illustrate all our achievements, such as: we are First Responders, in Hurricanes, Earthquakes, many Catastrophies 911 and more. Our Skills of burning, and rigging help expedite the process of saving lives. Also I show our contributions to Mankind, the Bridges, Transportation Services as Airports, Seaports, and Amusement Parks, and more. My objective is to prove factually all we do and aren't realized in the big picture of Life. I hope you enjoy it, because its all about us.

Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers is a biography by Samuel Smiles. It covers the lives of engineers, inventors and tool innovators in their quests to come up with practical improvements for several branches of industry.

Written in the mid-19th century, this book is a collection of biographical sketches of prominent iron workers and tool makers of the time. The author celebrates the ingenuity and hard work of these industrial pioneers and argues for the importance of vocational education and self-improvement. This book remains a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of industry and manufacturing. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.