Published November 10. 2020 12:52PM
PRESS ILLUSTRATION COURTESY NMIH “TUG!” is a picture book about a tow tractor that helped steelworkers by pulling buggies at Bethlehem Steel. After the last cast is poured, TUG is left alone at the steel mill, but soon learns that no matter how much Bethlehem might change, there is always more that he can do to help. “From the beginning,” says ‘Tug' author Catherine McCafferty, “I felt very strongly that TUG's story was the story of the Steel: hard work and friendship, loss and abandonment, then a renewed sense of value and purpose.” The book will officially be released Nov. 14 as part of the Last Cast Celebration at the National Museum of Industrial History. Members of the Steelworkers Archive will help celebrate the book with a “Storytime with a Steelworker” as part of the day's events. Children will also be able to meet the real TUG that day, as the vehicle will be on display at NMIH, mustache and all.