Fine in Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ...; ...; Hardcover. HarperCollins, 2006. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Some light fading to book edge. Overall, a clean and tight copy. . Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. .

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The Lightning Keeper is a sweeping epic novel of ambition, love, and enterprise in America. It is the story of an unlikely Romeo and Juliet romance at the dawn of the electric age, with the nation balancing on the brink of world war and a scientific revolution.In 1914 Toma Pekocevic is a penniless immigrant in New York recently escaped from the bloody politics of the Balkans that have claimed most of his family. He is also a gifted inventor who designs a revolutionary water turbine while working with Harriet Bigelow, 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 drawn inside the industrial empire of General Electric, his machine an essential cog in its grand scheme to provide electricity to the entire country. 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 not only his life but the course of scientific progress.Deeply evocative and utterly engrossing, The Lightning Keeper is a rich tapestry of technology, romance, and war — an unforgettable and distinctly American saga that establishes Starling Lawrence as one of the most talented writers at work today.

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Bookseller: HousatonicBooks (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 035755
Title: The Lightning Keeper
Author: Lawrence, Starling
Format/Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
Book Condition: Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0060825243
ISBN 13: 9780060825249
Publisher: Harpercollins
Place of Publication: New York
This edition first published: March 28, 2006
Bookseller catalogs: Books : Literature & Fiction : Genre Fiction : His;

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