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Punching Out: One Year in a Closing Auto Plant

Katharine Crnko Jan 17, 2011

Title: Punching Out: One Year in a Closing Auto Plant

Author: Paul Clemens

Publisher: Doubleday

Type: Non-Fiction

Released: January 18, 2011

Length: 288 pages

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Paul Clemens chronicles the dismantling of an auto plant from start to finish in his book, “Punching Out: One Year in a Closing Auto Plant.” From the workers who take apart the machines they used to use to build auto parts, to where those machines actually end up, Clemens tells the story of the what’s happening to industrial America.

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