A Bit of Candy in Hard Times
- Publisher
- Promontory Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2017
- Category
- Historical, Political, Coming of Age
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781987857863
- Publish Date
- Jun 2017
- List Price
- $17.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781987857870
- Publish Date
- Jun 2017
- List Price
- $3.99
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Description
Set in the late 1920s, at the height of prohibition, this is the story of Emmett Dougal, fisherman and rumrunner who, after having his boat shot out from under him by the Coast Guard off the coast of Maine, decides to return to his Puget Sound roots. Emmett's journey to rediscover a sense of home puts him on a dangerous path when he is forced back into the rum running business. Along the way he finds an unexpected love interest and rekindles his love for the sea. Emmett's story provides a uniquely Pacific Northwest regional perspective of this infamous chapter in America's history.
About the author
Blaine Beveridge is an alumnus of The Writer's Program at UCLA and a former Program Administrator for Film and Television at UCLA Extension. He served four years as an executive board officer of the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. Blaine was also the Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Army, Pacific, Leadership Academy (1972). He currently lives on an island in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and two, four-legged children Captain Bligh and Calliope.