Steelmill Blues - A Singlejack Little Book by Steve Turner (1978)

Steve Packard's small booklet "Steelmill Blues," one of the first "little books" published by Singlejack Books, in 1978. Part of an effort by Stan Weir and others to popularize workers' writings. Packard reflects on his time at US Steel in Indiana.

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Steelmill.pdf (12.77 MB)

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