The Last Bayman - Robinson, Doug
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It is 1925 and Prohibition is the law. Jake Chichester is the son of an Amityville, L.I., bayman caught between the memories of the disappearing simple life of his deceased father, clamming the Great South Bay, and the unwelcome realities of modern 1920s America. Against a background of family alcohol abuse and local prejudice, Jake steps in to defend his friends, turned rum-runners, and the traditions of the Amityville baymen, from a Coast Guard petty officer bent on taking them down to further his career. Jake becomes personally involved with the chief petty officer and their encounters…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
It is 1925 and Prohibition is the law. Jake Chichester is the son of an Amityville, L.I., bayman caught between the memories of the disappearing simple life of his deceased father, clamming the Great South Bay, and the unwelcome realities of modern 1920s America. Against a background of family alcohol abuse and local prejudice, Jake steps in to defend his friends, turned rum-runners, and the traditions of the Amityville baymen, from a Coast Guard petty officer bent on taking them down to further his career. Jake becomes personally involved with the chief petty officer and their encounters escalate culminating in a fiery final confrontation out on the bay.
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Autorenporträt
Doug Robinson grew up on the south shore of Long Island, living on the water in Amityville, teaching sailing and feeling very fortunate. He has written two previous books, both historical perspectives of life in Amityville. This is his first novel about this special place.