{"product_id":"the-last-cowboys-of-san-geronimo-paperback","title":"The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan Stansel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"One of the most compelling novels I've read in a long time.\" --Eowyn Ivey\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e One of Amazon's Top 100 Books of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e's High-Profile Debut\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Shares the trail with the likes of Edward Abbey, Cormac McCarthy, and Larry McMurtry.\" --Craig Johnson, best-selling author of the \u003cem\u003eW\u003c\/em\u003ealt Longmire Mysteries, the basis for the hit show\u003cem\u003eLongmire \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When Silas Van Loy flees home on horseback to avoid capture for his brother's murder, he is followed by both the police and his brother's wife, Lena, who is intent on exacting revenge. She reluctantly lets her trusted stable assistant join her in a journey across the wilds of Northern California in the hopes of catching Silas for one final showdown. Stansel follows the chase and shares the story of the brothers' rise from hardscrabble childhood to their reign as the region's preeminent horse trainers, tracking the tense sibling rivalry that ultimately leads to the elder's death.\u003cbr\u003e A \"fast-paced, moving narrative in which family loyalty is tested, broken, and redeemed in unexpected ways,\"* \u003cem\u003eThe Last Cowboys of San Geronimo \u003c\/em\u003ewill satisfy fans of Kent Haruf, Charles Portis, Molly Gloss, and Smith Henderson, and establish Stansel as a new voice in this grand tradition.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"To find a story set in the horse world, entwined with horses and horse people, yet without reading like the typical 'horse book'? That's a rare thing indeed. That's exactly the balance that Stansel has struck with care.\" --\u003cem\u003eHorseNation \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e *\u003cem\u003eBookPage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIAN STANSEL's collection, \u003ci\u003eEverybody's Irish, \u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the PEN\/Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction. He holds an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a Ph.D. from the University of Houston, where he was the editor of \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast.\u003c\/i\u003e He teaches creative writing at the University of Louisville. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 12, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755038114080,"sku":"9781328918291","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/382606bb1dee601ad00679e4b14c8907.webp?v=1780049078","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-last-cowboys-of-san-geronimo-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}