Read Ernest Hemingway’s life story to understand his motivation for writing A Farewell To Arms, or about John Stienbeck’s reporting of the farm laborers of the Salinas Valley for background on The Grapes of Wrath. Read up on just about any author and there’s a good chance you will uncover life experiences that motivated their stories, settings and characters.
A recent Northeast Times article tells the story behind Once A Welder, a thriller based on events that led to the closure of the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1995. It is a classic tale about truth to power, man vs. machine, hard-working blue-collar shipyard welders vs. advance technology robotic welding process that threatened their livelihoods. In a conspiracy to coverup defects caused by the robotic welder that led to crippling the boilers of the USS Saratoga, four men are killed before welder Jimmy McKee brings a powerful admiral to justice.
Read the story behind Once A Welder in the Northeast Times, then be sure to read the book:
https://northeasttimes.com/2024/07/13/novel-gives-nod-to-navy-yard-skilled-workers/
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Once A Welder 
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