
The Restless Earth
Alan Cockrell(Author)
WordCrafts Press
Published on 22. March 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
310 pages
978-1-952474-98-9 (ISBN)
Description
Inspired by actual events in the 1950s rural South.
The moneymen turned him away, laughing, sneering, saying his science was bad; saying he was too far away from oil, calling him a fool, a dupe, a hopeless loser. His peers, smelling the stench of failure, distanced themselves from him. His lender - the few he had - fidgeted, fearing he was unlucky.
His bills and worries mounted. His drilling rig, "Lucky Lucy," true to the antithesis of her name, broke down almost daily. His crew, tired of working for nothing, threatened to walk away.
Crafty, whispering voices, from figures waiting from the shadows, schemed to get at that which he sought, if he were lucky enough to find it. Eager, desperate faces of farmers, merchants and townspeople stood aside watching, waiting, praying his good luck would be theirs as well.
Few believed him, and as his bit twisted its way into the Earth's mysterious belly, one who did, a woman he wondered if he could trust, told him what he couldn't seem to fathom - that his real discovery would likely not be at the bottom of his hole.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
392 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-952474-98-9 (9781952474989)
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Alan Cockrell and Richard Hess are both former military aviators. Alan is the author of three other books, including his novel, The Restless Earth, and Tail of the Storm, a book about his and other US pilots' Desert Storm experiences. He's also been featured on the show Air Warriors on the Smithsonian Channel. Richard has been an international military adviser through the State Department for fifteen years. He has written dozens of articles for Warbird Digest on aircraft safety and maintenance, as well as international ferry missions. Between them, they have almost a century of military and commercial flight experience.