The Snowflake Rebellion - Softcover

Tom Brennan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0578006421 ISBN 13: 9780578006420

Publisher: Arctic Tern Books, 2009

Synopsis

The ultimate Alaska tea party - a satirical thriller about political rebellion gone wild. A young couple moves to Alaska from the East. Deeply in love, Colin and Sheila Callihan take opposing paths, he an oil company geologist, she an environmental activist. He discovers a vast oil reservoir on the North Slope; she becomes his most vocal critic.
Governor Jimmy Pender asks Colin to join the Alaskan Independence Party and bring it under control. The party s increasingly militant members are creating a political firestorm. The state rebels against decisions made in Washington and economic control by outsiders. Colin leads the rebels insurrection.
After 50 years as a state, might Alaska go its own way? Author Tom Brennan explores the possibility in his unique novel The Snowflake Rebellion. In this satire laced look at what might have been and what lies ahead Brennan writes the history of Alaska as it would look if a few events had played out differently.

About this title

About the Author

Tom Brennan is an Anchorage-based editor, writer, and author of three nonfiction books about Alaska. A former newspaper reporter and columnist, Brennan witnessed endless battles by Alaskans to break domination of America's frontier state by outside special interests.

Review

"A blistering tour de force. Tom Brennan takes us on a wild, hair-raising ride through the Alaska that might have been." ---Joe McGinniss, NY Times bestselling author of GOING TO EXTREMES

Edition details

• Publisher: Arctic Tern Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0578006421
• ISBN 13: 9780578006420
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288
• Illustrator: Martin Easley