Goliath at Sunset - Paperback

After his youth in the projects and a tour in Vietnam, Michael Shea hires in at a Boston shipyard torn by the racial clashes of 1970s Boston. Inside the gates he encounters a ruthless company and union leadership whose militancy has faded with the years. Shea reaches across the yard's sharp color line to build friendships and a movement for justice.

When an international crisis darkens the shipyard's prospects, management turns on the workforce with disastrous results. Through the eyes of its welders, Goliath At Sunset tells a timeless story of race, class and the quest for respect on the job.