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Fiction Historical

A Bit of Candy in Hard Times

by (author) Blaine Beveridge

Publisher
Promontory Press
Initial publish date
Jun 2017
Category
Historical, Political, Coming of Age
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781987857863
    Publish Date
    Jun 2017
    List Price
    $17.95
  • 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.

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