{"product_id":"9780060825256","title":"The Lightning Keeper : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Lightning Keeper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Starling Lawrence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of an unlikely love at the dawn of the electric age in America. In 1914, Toma Pekocevic is a penniless immigrant in New York recently escaped from the bloody politics of the Balkans that has claimed most of his family. He is also a gifted inventor who designs a revolutionary water turbine while working with Harriet Bigelow, scion of a proud Connecticut iron-making dynasty now fallen on hard times. Their attraction is immediate and overwhelming, but every circumstance is against them. Toma's invention is all he has after losing Harriet to a wealthy politician, but he is determined to win her back, setting the stage for a confrontation that could change not only his life but the course of scientific progress. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“The Lightning Keeper is a great novel, a transcendent and enduring American novel. I loved it.”\u003cbr\u003e“Skillfully intertwining fact and fiction, Lawrence generates an electric history of ideas, kindled by the flames of capital and passion.”\u003cbr\u003e“Lawrence blends science and romance into an immensely readable story; his descriptions … are as exciting as they are beautiful.”\u003cbr\u003e“Lawrence has created a very American saga.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780060825256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41056954974414,"sku":"9780060825256","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780060825256.jpg?v=1648262764","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780060825256","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}