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| Original Title: | Steam Drills, Treadmills and Shooting Stars - a story of our times - |
| ISBN: | 0984813225 (ISBN13: 9780984813223) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rivera Sun
Paperback | Pages: 417 pages Rating: 4.31 | 26 Users | 8 Reviews
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| Title | : | Steam Drills, Treadmills and Shooting Stars - a story of our times - |
| Author | : | Rivera Sun |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 417 pages |
| Published | : | January 2nd 2013 by Rising Sun Press Works |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Environment |
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The ghost of folk hero John Henry haunts Jack Dalton, corporate lawyer for Standard Coal, as Henrietta Owens, activist and mother, wakes up the nation with some tough-loving truth about the environment, the economy, justice and hope. Pressures mount as John Henry challenges Jack to stand up to the steam drills of contemporary America . . . before it's too late.A story about people just like you, Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars is filled with the audacity of hope and fueled by the passion of unstoppable love.
Author/Actress Rivera Sun sings the anthem of our times and rallies us to meet adversity with gusto. Her work celebrates everyday heroes who meet the challenges of modern culture with spirit and strength. This is a book you will read many times, send to your friends, and hope the whole country will read.
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Ratings: 4.31 From 26 Users | 8 ReviewsEvaluate Based On Books Steam Drills, Treadmills and Shooting Stars - a story of our times -
The topic - the most important issue of our time. But the book - I could barely finish it for the heavy-handed writing style.Steam Drills throttles full-steam! From the beginning page to the last words, you know you're in the hands of a young master. Every line is poetry. The characters are diverse, unique even to their own demographics. I appreciate that. Rivera Sun is a writer who knows how to separate human beings from statistics. I found myself rooting for Henrietta, and even Jack, from the very beginning. The ending surprised me. I knew Jack would 'do the right thing', but the how of it really delighted me. It
This book is not only poetic social protest in style, it is a template for taking right action in our times. If we did what Henrietta Owens and the other characters in this book ultimately do, we would arrive at a critical juncture of healing our World on so many levels; in fact, we would likely *achieve* healing of our World and our Selves on multiple levels. The voices of all the characters in this book are so authentic, the scenes so evocative that we are simply carried away on a River of
The Protest Novel Goes Epic! Okay, Star Wars . . . it's a commentary on humanity, same as Lord of the Rings, Grapes of Wrath, and 1984. Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars, a literary debut by Rivera Sun, bridges mythic and mundane in a head-twisting way. Mountaintop removal and climate change are thoroughly and passionately discussed, along with prison and the justice system, American economics, and racial issues; but the author never fails to remind us that, from another perspective,
Rivera Sun has red hair, a twin sister, and a fondness for esoteric mystics. She went to Bennington College to study writing as a Harcourt Scholar and graduated with a degree in dance. She founded Rising Sun Dance & Theater, which tours a series of much-loved plays throughout the USA. She lives in an earthship house in New Mexico, where she grows tomatoes, bakes sourdough bread, and writesThe Protest Novel Goes Epic! Okay, Star Wars . . . it's a commentary on humanity, same as Lord of the Rings, Grapes of Wrath, and 1984. Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars, a literary debut by Rivera Sun, bridges mythic and mundane in a head-twisting way. Mountaintop removal and climate change are thoroughly and passionately discussed, along with prison and the justice system, American economics, and racial issues; but the author never fails to remind us that, from another perspective,
Unique approach to telling the story and approaching the environmental problems we all face as Americans...and Citizens of the World. Very quick, involving and enjoyable read. And while the book's solution at first sounds like a sort of fairy tale ending, further consideration makes me believe that it will likely take some sort of ground-up movement to make a significant difference...because top-down solutions are likely never going to happen (not in America anyway). This is a story of our time,
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