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Bartholomew" border="0"><img src="../images/portfolio_images/blackbart_tks.gif" width="175" height="117" alt="Shirley: Thanks a million! We couldn't have pulled it off without you. Black Bart" border="0"></a> </TD> <TD width="400"> <P><B class=bigger>We can edit a complicated manuscript skillfully without losing data or the author's style.</B></P> <P> </P> <P class=smaller><SPAN class=highlight_red>Mud, Muscle, and Miracles</SPAN></P> <p>The first comprehensive history of naval salvage</p> <P class=smallerer>Author:<br>Captain C.A. Bartholomew, USN</p> <P class=smallerer>Editor:<br>Shirley Sirota Rosenberg</p> <P class=smallerer>Design:<br>Ronna Hammer</p> <P class=smallerer>Tasks:<br> Consult, design, substantive editing, copyediting, proofreading, Fresh Eye, production<BR><br></p> <P><B class=bigger>Our job</B> </p> <p><b>Edit the manuscript, preserving the colorful personality of the author, the Navy's supervisor of salvage. SSR also designed the book, oversaw the entire publication process, and developed a public relations plan.</b></p> <p class="spaceless"><b>The book was favorably reviewed in the <i>Washington Post</i> and the <i>Naval Institute Proceedings</i>. </b></p> <p class="spaceless"><b>The National Geographic had already filmed Bartholomew for a contemplated National Geographic Society feature when word came that Bart had drowned during a test salvage operation. </b></p> <div align="center"> <p><span class="smaller"><font color="#ffff00">________________ <br><br> <b>Click any image on this page to enlarge.</b></font></span> <br> <br> <b><a href="meeting_universe.html"><<</a></b> <a href="../html/portfolio_brochures_books.html#books"><strong>^</strong></a> <a href="quest_for_mercy.html"><b>>></b></a> <br> <a href="../home.html"><b>Home</b></a> <br><br> <span class="copywhite">©Web text SSR Incorporated 2000, 2009 ©Web architecture Bogart Szabo Design Inc. 2000 ©Web design revisions Anartist & Associates. 2009 For permission to use materials on this Web site, <br>e-mail <a href="mailto:ssr@ssrinc.com">ssr@ssrinc.com</a>.</span></p></div>  <br><br>   </TD>  <TD width="225"><div align="center"> <a href="mud_muscle_image2.html"><img src="../images/portfolio_images/mud_cvr.jpg" width="175" height="250" alt="Mud, Muscles, and Miracles" border="0"></a> <br><br> <a href="mud_muscle_excerpt.html"><b>Excerpt</b></a>  </div> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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