The Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of It

An immigrant memoir recounts the author's rise from manual work in iron mills through union and fraternal organizing to national public office, describing hard labor, self-education, advocacy for workers' rights, and founding a residential school for children of workers. It mixes personal anecdotes about early hardships and practical lessons against obscure jargon with reflections on labor-capital relations, occupational pride, and the value of fraternal solidarity, and includes discussions of education, labor policy, and management-employee communication based on the author's experience in industry and public service.