The New York Times Book Review wrote "Atmosphere and mood are suggested in forty-four fine photographs....Lending unity to these and adding an extra dimension is a reflective epilogue in which Mr. Kalisher discusses with illuminating candor the specific problems involved in producing a book of this type and the photographer's objective in general."

My dad was a section foreman fifty-four years. I got a brother switching in the yards down in Lafayette. And I got a brother braking on the nickel Plate out of Peru. And I got a brother switching up there on the Harbor. And I got a boy breaking in.

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