Roots of Steel

Roots of Steel: Presentation & Signing
Sunday, January 29, 2012
2:00 PM - The Almshouse - Historical Society of Baltimore County

When Deborah Rudacille was a child, growing up in the
working-class town of Dundalk, Maryland, a worker at the local Sparrows Point steel mill made more than enough to comfortably support a family. But that was before the long decline of the American steel industry put tens of thousands of employees out of work and left
the people of Dundalk pondering the broken promise of the American dream.

Through personal narratives, interviews with workers, and
extensive research, her book, Roots of Steel, captures the history and character of the communities around Sparrows Point and dissects the complicated racial, class, and gender politics that played out at the mill since 1889. Rudacille details the arduous and dangerous work at the plant, the environmental cost of industrial progress to the air and
waterways of the Maryland shore, and the social cost of the loss of that industry for a once prosperous and proud community.

Please register at 410.666.1878 or info@hsobc.org. Free to HSBC members, or $5.00/person for non-members.