{"product_id":"the-horse-on-the-sidewalk-stories-paperback","title":"The Horse on the Sidewalk: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBaker H. Morrow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The best kind of coming-of-age tale, one full of peril and heroism and young love.... A flawless snapshot of a time and a place worth remembering.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e-Steve Brewer, author of \u003cem\u003eTrouble Town\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGil Wheeler has one thing on his mind: making enough money to land his own motorcycle. Maybe even a girlfriend. Between selling papers and hawking rings, he dreams of adventure and exploration beyond the expanding edge of post-war Albuquerque. Together, Gil and his friends navigate their just-built junior high and the desert landscape beyond their neighborhood - a new suburb that, much like their young lives, is brimming with both fresh possibility and the promise that not all dreams will come true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese interconnected short stories \u003cstrong\u003e\"delight the reader with their minimalist precision, their eccentric humor, and the off-the-wall details of their no-bull realism\"\u003c\/strong\u003e (V. B. Price) and \u003cstrong\u003e\"capture boom-town Albuquerque in its first explosion\"\u003c\/strong\u003e (Enrique Lamadrid).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773865623840,"sku":"9781956375329","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bae7972047de7cea14c4aed4bab6989b_692ed18e-8396-4b8e-8346-d2ecdaa09733.webp?v=1780434599","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-horse-on-the-sidewalk-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}