{"product_id":"the-death-of-jim-loney-paperback","title":"The Death of Jim Loney - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Welch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJim Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Welch never shied away from depicting the lives of Native Americans damned by destiny and temperament to the margins of society. \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Jim Loney\u003c\/i\u003e is no exception. Jim Loney is a mixed-blood, of white and Indian parentage. Estranged from both communities, he lives a solitary, brooding existence in a small Montana town. His nights are filled with disturbing dreams that haunt his waking hours. Rhea, his lover, cannot console him; Kate, his sister, cannot penetrate his world. In sparse, moving prose, Welch has crafted a riveting tale of disenfranchisement and self-destruction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Welch \u003c\/b\u003e(1940 - 2003) was the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eWinter in the Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Jim Loney\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFools Crow\u003c\/i\u003e (for which he received the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, an American Book Award, and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award), \u003ci\u003eThe Indian Lawyer\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Heartsong of Charging Elk\u003c\/i\u003e. Welch also wrote a nonfiction book, \u003ci\u003eKilling Custer: The Battle of the Little Bighorn\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFate of the Plains Indians\u003c\/i\u003e, and a work of poetry, \u003ci\u003eRiding the Earthboy 40\u003c\/i\u003e. He attended schools on the Blackfeet and Fort Belknap reservations in Montana, graduated from the University of Montana, where he studied writing with the late Richard Hugo, and served on the Montana State Board of Pardons. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 7.83 x 4.95 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753831563552,"sku":"9780143105183","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fefcd115bc06ea8d083fbb7ee70546df.webp?v=1780028087","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-death-of-jim-loney-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}