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A Biology of Steel

A Biology of Steel is the story of the life, death, and rebirth of an American merchant vessel as seen through the lives of the many people associated with her throughout her working life: sailors who worked on her throughout the decades, especially those who sail on her last voyage from Louisiana to Chittagong, the longshoremen who load
her last cargo, 43,000 metric tons of grain, a gift from the US to the government of Bangladesh, the longshoremen who unload her, and the breakers who beach and demolish the ship in order to recycle her many materials as part of this country's struggle to create a modern existence for itself. The ship emerges as a touchstone to many people around the world; she forms a chain of connection that reminds us that we are all connected, no matter what boundaries of culture, politics and economy appear to stand in between us.

Claudio Cambon