Home › Books for Ages 9–12 › To Walk the Sky: How Iroquois Steelworkers Helped Build Towering Cities
  • To Walk the Sky: How Iroquois Steelworkers Helped Build Towering Cities by Patricia Morris Buckley book cover
  • To Walk the Sky: How Iroquois Steelworkers Helped Build Towering Cities by Patricia Morris Buckley book cover
1 2

To Walk the Sky: How Iroquois Steelworkers Helped Build Towering Cities

by Patricia Morris Buckley

Building the skyline, carrying a legacy

$17.70 USD
$29.50 USD $17.70 USD
Save 40%

Hardcover New

Delivery to your door
In stock·Dispatches in 1–2 business days
Standard shipping* from $4.35
Standard shipping transit* 5–8 business days after dispatch

Faster options are available.

Rates and delivery estimates depend on your destination and item quantity. Estimates are informational only; the final shipping method and rate are selected at checkout.
Secure checkout
American Express Apple Pay DiscoverGoogle Pay Mastercard PayPalVisa
30-day eligible returns Returns & refunds policy

AlbakiReads Editorial

Building the skyline, carrying a legacy

To Walk the Sky brings attention to generations of Native American steelworkers known as skywalkers, whose work high above the ground helped shape city skylines across North America. The account connects the physical risks and losses associated with this labor to a broader legacy that continues into the present. Patricia Morris Buckley, who is Mohawk, tells their story, accompanied by watercolors from E. B. Lewis, who is Lenni-Lenape. The book centers both the construction of recognizable landmarks and the people whose work made them possible.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 9–12 interested in Native American history and stories about workers’ lives.
  • Young readers curious about how city skylines and landmarks are built.
  • Readers interested in illustrated accounts of courage, risk, and community legacy.

Themes

Native American history and identitySteelwork and city buildingLabor, risk, and lossIntergenerational legacy

Based on publisher information and book metadata.

Book overview

Look to the sky!

High above the ground, generation after generation, Native workers called skywalkers have sculpted city skylines, balancing on narrow beams, facing down terrifying heights and heartbreaking loss. These skywalkers who dared to touch the heavens have built a legacy of landmarks all over the North American continent--and even today, there are Native Americans still climbing up among the clouds, brave enough to walk the sky.

With impactful and illuminating prose, Patricia Morris Buckley (Mohawk) tells the soaring story of the remarkable skywalkers, whose bravery and tragedies are warmly captured in moving watercolors by award-winning artist E. B. Lewis (Lenni-Lenape).

Shipping & returnsShipping options, delivery timing, and our return policy.

In-stock items normally dispatch within 1–2 business days. The ZIP-code estimator on this page is informational only; the final shipping method, price, and availability are confirmed at checkout for your full order.

For the initial delivery estimate we use these transit windows after dispatch: Standard 5–8 business days, Expedited 2–4 business days, and Priority 1–2 business days. Holiday delays are not included.

Eligible items can be returned within 30 days in accordance with our return policy.

Customer reviews

You may also like

View all