Lightning Keeper
Lawrence, Starling
Sold by B. Rossi, Bindlestiff Books, Altoona, PA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 11 June 2001
Used - Soft cover
Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSold by B. Rossi, Bindlestiff Books, Altoona, PA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 11 June 2001
Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketUncorrected proof (ARC). Trade paperback. (ISBN 0-06-087347-7) Signed by author. Stated first edition. "When 'The Lightning Keeper' releases you from obsessively turning its pages, you'll know that you have read a unforgettable account of lives and experience unique to this country. This is a great novel." — Harper Lee, author of "To Kill a Mockingbird." An American Epic of ambition, love, and enterprise, set on the brink of world war and scientific revolution. This is the story of an unlikely love at the dawn of the electric age in America. In 1914 Toma Pekocevic is a penniless immigrant in New York, recently escaped from the bloody politics of the Balkans that has claimed most of his family. He is also a gifted inventor who designs a powerful water turbine while working with Harriet Bigelow, the scion of a proud Connecticut iron-making dynasty now fallen on hard times. Their attraction is immediate and overwhelming, but every circumstance is against them. Toma is eventually brought inside the walls of General Electric, which is on the verge of providing electricity to the entire nation. His invention is all he has after losing Harriet to a wealthy politician, but Toma is determined to win her back, setting the stage for a confrontation that could change the course of history. Evocative and engrossing, "The Lightning Keeper" is a rich tapestry of science, technology, romance, and war — an unforgettable American saga that establishes Starling Lawrence as one of the most talented writers at work today. Fine tight copy, unread, fine shiny wrappers. Novel.
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