blue collar workers

A step-by-step guide to writing a resume for blue-collar careers, discussing organization, content, and design; providing advice on the job search and interview process; and including over one hundred sample resumes.

Recounts the lives of working class people who were also intellectuals, and argues that today's society is less well read and spoken.

Examines the lives of first-generation college graduates of blue-collar parents as they try to adjust to the move from working class to the middle class.

Presents a discussion of the benefits of a career in various blue-collar professions, such as carpentry, roofing, welding, and water conservation, with anecdotes from those who have found success in various trades and information about training programs.

The author recounts his stormy relationship with his father, centering upon their construction of a cabin in the Allegheny Mountains in the 1960s, a structure that serves, in this book, as a metaphor for America.

Presents the complete script and lyrics to the Broadway musical "The Full Monty," about six steel-mill workers who start a strip show for extra money, and includes color photos from performances.