{"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 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-8805990\"\u003eJonathan Brandow\u003c\/a\u003e\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\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798989802586\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hard Ball Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49750694035693,"sku":"9798989802586","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_b40d1539-1b19-4fd7-aaab-9bf98b0f08e3.jpg?v=1775573854","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/goliath-at-sunset-9798989802586","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}