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Kindling [Hardcover]

Nevil SHUTE (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: 1938

Variant title Ruined City originally written in1938. Henry Warren, director of an English banking house, decides to buy and reopen a deserted shipyard in order to help a depressed city, boost the tradition of British shipbuilding, and have some fun. He works hard at making a go of the business, and has faith in his goals, but cuts a few legal corners to help the company and continue to provide work for his employees. This gets him into trouble with the law.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 279 pages
Publisher: William Morrow; 1st U.S. Edition edition (1938)
Language: English
ASIN: B000BD6L0Y
Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces

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As usual, the characters come alive and one wants success.
The magic here is that it shows the wide results possible for one person's "normal" efforts. Superman not needed.

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