CONTENTS
[ Introduction by Joseph G. Cannon ]
[ PREFACE ]
[ CHAPTER I. ] THE HOME-MADE SUIT OF CLOTHES
[ CHAPTER II. ] A TRAIT OF THE WELSH PEOPLE
[ CHAPTER III. ] NO GIFT FROM THE FAIRIES
[ CHAPTER IV. ] SHE SINGS TO HER NEST
[ CHAPTER V. ] THE LOST FEATHER BED
[ CHAPTER VI. ] HUNTING FOR LOST CHILDREN
[ CHAPTER VII. ] HARD SLEDDING IN AMERICA
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] MY FIRST REGULAR JOB
[ CHAPTER IX. ] THE SCATTERED FAMILY
[ CHAPTER X. ] MELODRAMA BECOMES COMEDY
[ CHAPTER XI. ] KEEPING OPEN HOUSE
[ CHAPTER XII. ] MY HAND TOUCHES IRON
[ CHAPTER XIII. ] SCENE IN A ROLLING MILL
[ CHAPTER XIV. ] BOILING DOWN THE PIGS
[ CHAPTER XV. ] THE IRON BISCUITS
[ CHAPTER XVI. ] WRESTING A PRIZE FROM NATURE'S HAND
[ CHAPTER XVII. ] MAN IS IRON TOO
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ] ON BEING A GOOD GUESSER
[ CHAPTER XIX. ] I START ON MY TRAVELS
[ CHAPTER XX. ] THE RED FLAG AND THE WATERMELONS
[ CHAPTER XXI. ] ENVY IS THE SULPHUR IN HUMAN PIG-IRON
[ CHAPTER XXII. ] LOADED DOWN WITH LITERATURE
[ CHAPTER XXIII. ] THE PUDDLER HAS A VISION
[ CHAPTER XXIV. ] JOE THE POOR BRAKEMAN
[ CHAPTER XXV. ] A DROP IN THE BUCKET OF BLOOD
[ CHAPTER XXVI. ] A GRUB REFORMER PUTS US OUT OF GRUB
[ CHAPTER XXVII. ] THE PIE EATER'S PARADISE
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. ] CAUGHT IN A SOUTHERN PEONAGE CAMP
[ CHAPTER XXIX. ] A SICK, EMACIATED SOCIAL SYSTEM
[ CHAPTER XXX. ] BREAKING INTO THE TIN INDUSTRY
[ CHAPTER XXXI. ] UNACCUSTOMED AS I AM TO PUBLIC SPEAKING
[ CHAPTER XXXII. ] LOGIC WINS IN THE STRETCH
[ CHAPTER XXXIII. ] I MEET THE INDUSTRIAL CAPTAINS
[ CHAPTER XXXIV. ] SHIRTS FOR TIN ROLLERS
[ CHAPTER XXXV. ] AN UPLIFTER RULED BY ENVY
[ CHAPTER XXXVI. ] GROWLING FOR THE BOSSES' BLOOD
[ CHAPTER XXXVII. ] FREE AND UNLIMITED COINAGE
[ CHAPTER XXXVIII. ] THE EDITOR GETS MY GOAT
[ CHAPTER XXXIX. ] PUTTING JAZZ INTO THE CAMPAIGN
[ CHAPTER XL. ] FATHER TOOK ME SERIOUSLY
[ CHAPTER XLI. ] A PAVING CONTRACTOR PUTS ME ON THE PAVING
[ CHAPTER XLII. ] THE EVERLASTING MORALIZER
[ CHAPTER XLIII. ] FROM TIN WORKER TO SMALL CAPITALIST
[ CHAPTER XLIV. ] A CHANCE TO REALIZE A DREAM
[ CHAPTER XLV. ] THE DREAM COMES TRUE
[ CHAPTER XLVI. ] THE MOOSEHEART IDEA
[ CHAPTER XLVII. ] LIFE'S PROBLEMS
[ CHAPTER XLVIII. ] BUILDING A BETTER WORLD BY EDUCATION
[ CHAPTER XLIX. ] CONCLUSION
THE IRON PUDDLER
CHAPTER I. THE HOME-MADE SUIT OF CLOTHES
A fight in the first chapter made a book interesting to me when I was a boy. I said to myself, “The man who writes several chapters before the fighting begins is like the man who sells peanuts in which a lot of the shells haven't any goodies.” I made up my mind then that if I ever wrote a book I would have a fight in the first chapter.