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The Great Eastern by Howard Rodman
When the Great Eastern - the largest ship of the 19th Century and the first to cross the Atlantic - is used to help lay the first transatlantic telephone cable between the US and the UK, Brunel finds himself kidnapped by Captain Nemo of the Nautilus, who wants to know how to destroy the ship before it can connect the two imperialistic countries he hates ... and under attack by Captain Ahab, who has been hired to stop the mysterious creature who keeps destroying the cable on the ocean's bed.
Howard A. Rodman is Past President of the Writers Guild of America West; a professor of screenwriting at USC's School of Cinematic Arts; and an artistic director of the Sundance Screenwriting Labs. Among his screenwriting credits, he wrote SAVAGE GRACE, starring Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne, and AUGUST, featuring Josh Hartnett, Naomie Harris, Rip Torn, and David Bowie. He also wrote JOE GOULD'S SECRET, the opening night film of the Sundance Film Festival. Rodman's previous novel, DESTINY EXPRESS, was set in the pre-War German filmmaking community: Thomas Pynchon called it daringly imagined, darkly romantic--a moral thriller.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781612197852 |
| ISBN 10 | 161219785X |
| Title | The Great Eastern |
| Author | Howard Rodman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Melville House Publishing |
| Year published | 2019-06-04 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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