{"product_id":"9781685892746","title":"Crucible","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eSayles, John\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMelville House\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12\/1\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback: from the Oscar-nominated filmmaker comes a complex and sweeping  historical novel about Henry Ford — the Elon Musk of his day — and his  attempt to rule not only an automotive empire but the rambunctious city  of Detroit. It is an epic tale ranging from the 1920s through the second  World War, featuring violent labor disputes, misbegotten jungle  expeditions, a tragic race riot, and the gestapo tactics of Ford’s  private army . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlready the gateway for illegal Canadian liquor during Prohibition, the  Motor City becomes a crucible for American class conflict during the  Great Depression, with an army of laid off Ford workers drifting into  the ranks of the burgeoning union movement — Henry Ford's worst  nightmare.  To keep the hundreds of thousands still employed by him in  thrall, the man who was formerly 'America's favorite tycoon' recruits  black laborers migrating from the deep South to serve as 'strike  insurance', and gives Harry Bennett, pugnacious as he is diminutive,  free reign over the legion of barroom brawlers and ex-cons who make up  the company’s 'Security Department'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Model T mogul has also  bought a sizable chunk of Brazil's Amazonian rainforest, vowing to grow  his own rubber for tires, but stubbornly refusing to include a botanist  in his troop of would-be jungle tamers. As a series of biological  plagues descend on the Fordlandia plantation, the racial melting pot  he has created in Detroit begins to boil over, and not even the Sage of  Dearborn can control the forces that have been unleashed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe  novel's cast — Ford workers black and white and their families, young  radicals, cynical newsmen, gangsters, Brazilian rubber tappers, cameos  from boxer Joe Louis and muralist Diego Rivera — create the tapestry of  differing points of view that John Sayles has become famous for, the  events portrayed fundamental to the country we live in today.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48234040590591,"sku":"9781685892746","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781685892746_s600x595.jpg?v=1780933326","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781685892746","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}