2007, ISBN: 9781584656470

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Ankara: Sistem Ofset, 2001. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. A clean, bright copy with faint wear, gift inscription to title page, and tight binding. Near Fi… Mehr…

Ankara: Sistem Ofset, 2001. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. A clean, bright copy with faint wear, gift inscription to title page, and tight binding. Near Fine(+).. White octavo; 172 p ; 20 cm. Turkey -- Armenian massacres -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918., Sistem Ofset, 2001, Hardscrabble Books, Hanover: 2007. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. A breathtaking novel of Cape Cod and the sea. This dazzling new novel once again showcases Michelsen's flair for nuance and narrative. This is the story of Lorenzo, a seasoned Cape Cod seaman who is called to captain the behemoth grain freighter Pacific Debenture up the east coast of Africa. Mettle's fast-paced story alternates between Cape Cod, the off-Cape Islands, and the Debenture's African ports of call. Woven into the narrative are short, highly charged passages relating to corruption in the Chinese steel industry. Michelsen sustains the adrenaline rush of his seafaring drama with personal conflicts involving Lorenzo's son, a woman they both love back on the Cape, a stowaway on board, and the Pacific Debenture's rebellious officers. Ultimately, Lorenzo's extraordinary "mettle" is forced into a life-or-death confrontation with the Chinese "metal," with shocking results. Michelsen's crisp prose and brilliant, unpredictable plotting will keep you guessing until the last page. This superb novel will stay with you long after you have enjoyed it for the first time. "Michelsen has written deftly about men struggling with their jobs, their marriages, and society in general, and his latest novel addresses similar themes. Lorenzo Fuller is a Cape Cod-based seaman who has assumed command of a huge freighter carrying grain to ports along the east coast of Africa. Two complications surface immediately: the resistance of the crew to Lorenzo's "hard ass" management style and the fact that Lorenzo's son Dowie is a crew member, despite the owners' promise that they would never be assigned the same ship. Their relationship has deteriorated since Lorenzo's divorce from Dowie's mother, exacerbated by their mutual interest in a young woman who has gone missing off Cape Cod, presumed drowned. Michelsen juxtaposes familial flashbacks with passages detailing the ship's ongoing crisis - it is vulnerable to structural stress caused by illegal cost-saving measures taken in the manufacture of its steel girders, which are slowly experiencing metal fatigue and placing them all in danger. Michelsen's strong characterizations of Lorenzo, his son, and several crew members inject heightened pathos into the climactic, though not unexpected, conclusion." ÑBooklist "G.F. Michelsen knows a lot... and his knowledge infuses this fine novel with a powerful sense of reality. Whether he's writing about a mighty ship fighting a rising sea or about the loneliness of winter on Cape Cod, he knows how to take you into his world. And whether his characters are at sea or on land, he knows that his real subject is the human heart, with all its hopes and disappointments. He's a writer's writer, and in Mettle, he's at the ISBN: 1584656476., Hardscrabble Books, Hanover: 2007<

2007, ISBN: 9781584656470

Hardscrabble Books, Hanover: 2007. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. A breathtaking novel of Cape Cod and the sea. This dazzling new novel once again showcases Michelsen's … Mehr…

Hardscrabble Books, Hanover: 2007. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. A breathtaking novel of Cape Cod and the sea. This dazzling new novel once again showcases Michelsen's flair for nuance and narrative. This is the story of Lorenzo, a seasoned Cape Cod seaman who is called to captain the behemoth grain freighter Pacific Debenture up the east coast of Africa. Mettle's fast-paced story alternates between Cape Cod, the off-Cape Islands, and the Debenture's African ports of call. Woven into the narrative are short, highly charged passages relating to corruption in the Chinese steel industry. Michelsen sustains the adrenaline rush of his seafaring drama with personal conflicts involving Lorenzo's son, a woman they both love back on the Cape, a stowaway on board, and the Pacific Debenture's rebellious officers. Ultimately, Lorenzo's extraordinary "mettle" is forced into a life-or-death confrontation with the Chinese "metal," with shocking results. Michelsen's crisp prose and brilliant, unpredictable plotting will keep you guessing until the last page. This superb novel will stay with you long after you have enjoyed it for the first time. "Michelsen has written deftly about men struggling with their jobs, their marriages, and society in general, and his latest novel addresses similar themes. Lorenzo Fuller is a Cape Cod-based seaman who has assumed command of a huge freighter carrying grain to ports along the east coast of Africa. Two complications surface immediately: the resistance of the crew to Lorenzo's "hard ass" management style and the fact that Lorenzo's son Dowie is a crew member, despite the owners' promise that they would never be assigned the same ship. Their relationship has deteriorated since Lorenzo's divorce from Dowie's mother, exacerbated by their mutual interest in a young woman who has gone missing off Cape Cod, presumed drowned. Michelsen juxtaposes familial flashbacks with passages detailing the ship's ongoing crisis - it is vulnerable to structural stress caused by illegal cost-saving measures taken in the manufacture of its steel girders, which are slowly experiencing metal fatigue and placing them all in danger. Michelsen's strong characterizations of Lorenzo, his son, and several crew members inject heightened pathos into the climactic, though not unexpected, conclusion." ÑBooklist "G.F. Michelsen knows a lot... and his knowledge infuses this fine novel with a powerful sense of reality. Whether he's writing about a mighty ship fighting a rising sea or about the loneliness of winter on Cape Cod, he knows how to take you into his world. And whether his characters are at sea or on land, he knows that his real subject is the human heart, with all its hopes and disappointments. He's a writer's writer, and in Mettle, he's at the ISBN: 1584656476., Hardscrabble Books, Hanover: 2007<

ISBN: 1584656476

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[SR: 6587376], Hardcover, [EAN: 9781584656470], UPNE, UPNE, Book, [PU: UPNE], UPNE, Lorenzo is a seasoned Cape Cod seaman who is called to captain the behemoth grain freighter Pacific Debenture up the east coast of Africa. Mettle's fast-paced story alternates among Cape Cod, the off-Cape islands, and the Debenture's African ports of call. Woven into the narrative are short, highly charged passages relating to corruption in the Chinese steel industry. G.F. Michelsen sustains the adrenaline rush of his seafaring drama with personal conflicts involving Lorenzo's son, a woman they both love back on the Cape, a stowaway on board, and the Pacific Debenture's rebellious officers.Ultimately, Lorenzo's extraordinary "mettle" is forced into a life-or-death confrontation with the Chinese "metal" with shocking results., 17, Literature & Fiction, 720360, Action & Adventure, 9823, African American, 5391236011, Ancient & Medieval Literature, 10016, British & Irish, 10399, Classics, 10129, Contemporary, 2159, Dramas & Plays, 10141, Erotica, 10108, Essays & Correspondence, 16260301, Foreign Language Fiction, 10134, Genre Fiction, 10177, Historical Fiction, 10204, History & Criticism, 4465, Humor & Satire, 10132, Literary, 5391238011, Mythology & Folk Tales, 10248, Poetry, 10300, Short Stories & Anthologies, 9822, United States, 542654, Women's Fiction, 10311, World Literature, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 468236, Literature, 491406, American Literature, 491394, Creative Writing & Composition, 491408, English Literature, 491404, Literary Theory, 684272011, World Literature, 468206, Humanities, 465600, New, Used & Rental Textbooks, 2349030011, Specialty Boutique, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 1584656476

G. F. Michelsen's novel Hard Bottom was acclaimed as "a beautifully written, impeccably crafted book" by Publishers Weekly, while the Washington Post hailed his To Sleep with Ghosts as "c… Mehr…

G. F. Michelsen's novel Hard Bottom was acclaimed as "a beautifully written, impeccably crafted book" by Publishers Weekly, while the Washington Post hailed his To Sleep with Ghosts as "compelling" and "lyrical." Michelsen's dazzling new novel once again showcases his flair for nuance and narrative. Lorenzo is a seasoned Cape Cod seaman who is called to captain the behemoth grain freighter Pacific Debenture up the east coast of Africa. Mettle's fast-paced story alternates between Cape Cod, the off-Cape Islands, and the Debenture's African ports of call. Woven into the narrative are short, highly charged passages relating to corruption in the Chinese steel industry. Michelsen sustains the adrenaline rush of his seafaring drama with personal conflicts involving Lorenzo's son, a woman they both love back on the Cape, a stowaway on board, and the Pacific Debenture's rebellious officers Ultimately, Lorenzo's extraordinary "mettle" is forced into a life-or-death confrontation with the Chinese "metal," with shocking results. Michelsen's crisp prose and brilliant, unpredictable plotting will keep you guessing until the last page. This superb novel will stay with you long after you have enjoyed it for the first time. contemporary,fiction,humanities,literature,literature and fiction,textbooks Humanities, University Press of New England<