Bond of Iron by Charles B. Dew (1994)

This book is about the mining and processing of iron ore in the area inwhich I live, so it had personal interest to me. The setting is pre-civil and civil war era. This author has done other works about iron manufacturing in the Southern Confederacy. How slave life was a part of this process for this particular Iron Master was very informing. The title of this book is very appropriate for the subject.