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In an ever-expanding city, one young man claims the job of his dreams, operator of the tallest crane around. Since others envy his position, he never leaves his crane, always eager for the day—and work—to begin.
As the seasons pass, man and machine almost become one. "The crane was a giant with iron sinews, and the craneman was its heart." Then people begin to hoard their goods, grinning ravens multiply throughout the land, and war is at hand. But the craneman never falters, remaining at his post even when the land is flooded, ready for reconstruction to begin.
As the seasons pass, man and machine almost become one. "The crane was a giant with iron sinews, and the craneman was its heart." Then people begin to hoard their goods, grinning ravens multiply throughout the land, and war is at hand. But the craneman never falters, remaining at his post even when the land is flooded, ready for reconstruction to begin.
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Reiner Zimnik was born in Poland and began drawing—horses and knights, mostly—at the age of five. At the end of the Second World War, he and his family left for the West, settling in Germany. After apprenticing as a cabinet-maker, Zimnik studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, and has since written and illustrated many books for children, including The Bear and the People and The Bear on the Motorcycle.
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- PublisherNelson Thornes Ltd
- ISBN 10 0333244869
- ISBN 13 9780333244869
- BindingHardcover
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Faint school stamps on frt & rear paste downs, no pocket or evidence of ever having had one, no spine stickers or numbers. Corners lightly bumped, 117 pp text tight and bright. The blue-capped man who operates the crane is so attached to the machine that he never leaves it in war or in peace. Seller Inventory # 17187
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