Middletown:   The Steel City  (OH)  (Images of America)
Middletown, Ohio: The Steel City if Roger L. Miller and George C. Crout's second collaboration on this "City With a Soul," and their tribute to a visionary industrialist who was concerned with more than just making steel. Through more than 200 vintage images and their insightful commentary, Miller and Crout demonstrate how Verity improved working conditions for his company's steel workers, and how his revolutionary ideas helped to create the National Safety Council, the eight-hour working day, and equal pay for equal work.  Residents and industry enthusiasts alike will enjoy this fascinating trip into Middletown's past, which is also the history of the steel-making industry itself.