Excerpt from The Incorrigible Dukane
Money was forthcoming for his needs but with an accompaniment of ad'monitions - which grew to warnings - which grew to commands. Wrath veiled the brow of Dukane senior, as clouds darken Olympus: he bided his time. Once for all now, he finally decided, he would make or break that incorrigible good-for-noth ing, his son.
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Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This engrossing novel belongs to a rich tradition of tales that follow the lives of the wealthy elite and the common laborers who make their lives possible. The author plunges the reader into a forgotten slice of Californian history, following the story of Jimmy Dukane, a young man exiled by his powerful father to work on a remote dam construction site. Jimmy quickly discovers that despite the remoteness of the site, greed and corruption are alive and well among those in charge of the project. The laborers Jimmy comes to live with are subject to withholding of wages, unsafe working conditions, and theft. As Jimmy learns about the lives of his fellow laborers and their struggle for justice, he will come face to face with the harsh realities of class, the struggle for justice, and the ways in which greed can poison any community. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Codice articolo 9781333508456_0
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Condizione: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 376 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar. Codice articolo 27219083/2
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