{"product_id":"goliath-at-sunset-9798989802586","title":"Goliath at Sunset","description":"\u003cp\u003eFresh from the projects and a stint in Vietnam, Mike Shea hires into a sprawling shipyard south of the city at the height of Boston's racial clashes. When he encounters a ruthless company and a union leadership whose militancy has faded with the years, Shea reaches across the yard's explosive color line to join and then lead a movement for justice and respect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs contracts for marine tankers are cancelled, management ratchets down on the workforce, igniting chaos and fear throughout the yard. Then a dangerously damaged tanker limps into the yard, triggering hope for new work but forcing Shea and the welders to choose between risking their lives and losing their jobs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrandow's nine years working as a shipyard welder and union activist inspired Goliath At Sunset, a novel of the American working class.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jon Brandow hits a home-run with his compelling and absorbing tale of the struggle for workers' rights in a Massachusetts shipyard. The book is simply marvelous and so completely absorbing I did not want to even pause in reading it.\" Bill Fletcher, Jr., author of The Man Who Changed Colors and The Man Who Fell From the Sky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brandow weaves a telling text, capturing diverse voices, youthful energy, and a shipyard's vocabulary and slang...Even if the reader is not a welder, the workplace's cadence and challenges, along with the pride in craft, shines through... For an authentic working-class novel, one can't go wrong with Goliath at Sunset.\"  Mike Matejka, \u003cstrong\u003ePower at Work\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Brandow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hard Ball Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798989802586","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jonathan Brandow \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47792864985245,"sku":"9798989802586","price":37.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_0508fac2-ef40-4ab6-9a68-db0af375d1b6.jpg?v=1774983746","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/goliath-at-sunset-9798989802586","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}