Black MacBook stuck mid-Lion install

I have a Black MacBook (4,1), the early 2008 model.
It's current state is that I am mid-install of a app store provided version of Lion - it was at the restart point, and I cannot get past the spinning gear. I let it go for hours.
It also will not work in Target Mode. Disk utility sees nothing. System Profiler on the host mac sees an "Unknown Volume" on the firewire bus.
I tried to boot from a number of disks: Snow Leopard, Tiger, and the original 10.5 disks that shipped with the laptop. No dice.
I did do a key command that showed me what the startup disk is presently called - it identifies itself as the Lion Installer. So my original Hard Drive is not even advertising itself right now.
So I am stuck. I've run the Apple Hardware test - the extended one. No problems found.
I've pulled the battery, held down the power button for 5 secs. nothing.
I've tried to launch in Safe Mode. Won't do it - it stays on the spinning gear.
I am able to launch in Single user mode, so my hope is that there are some commands that could reset my mac from whatever plagues it to at least boot it so I can extricate the data and deal with the laptop's viability secondarily.
I deeply appreciate any and all advice. Thanks very much.
Best,
David
San Francisco

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