{"product_id":"boats-against-the-current-9780692599686","title":"Boats Against the Current","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn luminous prose, this historical novel charts the struggles of six unforgettable lives braided together in the Great Depression, with FDR's New Deal and its Works Progress Administration serving as armature for the story.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdam and Benno Murdock are twins of a deceased mother and Dan Murdock, a cattleman from Kansas. Each in his own way comes to terms with the politics of their father, who hates FDR and uses nationwide radio to attack the New Deal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter law school, Adam is hired by Harry Hopkins, head of WPA. Benno becomes a sculptor, declines college and, rejected by Dan, moves to New York City, where he suffers poverty and unemployment. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe twins meet and engage in ways universal with Mariah Massie, from an aristocratic family in Richmond, Virginia, and Violet Long, a vocal and acting talent who escapes to New York City from the dusters of Dalhart, Texas. Rachel Bernstein, an Austrian psychiatrist who lands in Kansas, helps the twins come of age. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese fictional characters blend with many historical figures, including Hallie Flanagan, head of the WPA's famous Theatre Project, Huey Long, the tyrant from Louisiana, and William Allen White, the editor and owner of \u003ci\u003eThe Emporia Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e in Kansas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bevis Longstreth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Honeycomb Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692599686\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, Bevis Longstreth is a retired partner with the law firm Debevoise \u0026amp; Plimpton. He practiced in the firm's New York office for twenty years until President Ronald Reagan appointed him the sixtieth commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1981.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1984, he retired from the SEC and returned to Debevoise, where he practiced corporate, finance, banking, and securities law until 1993.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA former adjunct professor at Columbia University Law School, he has been a frequent speaker on various securities and corporate law topics and has served on several banking, investment, and finance committees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA periodic blogger for the\u003ci\u003e Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, he has written two other historical novels, \u003ci\u003eSpindle and Bow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReturn of the Shade, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as a book on law reform entitled \u003ci\u003eModern Investment Management and the Prudent Man Rule\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor more information, please visit www.bevislongstreth.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Honeycomb Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40099161997427,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9e49f8da-5187-440b-b2f2-fe1df983c58b.jpg?v=1653056296","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/boats-against-the-current-9780692599686","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}