{"product_id":"the-leopard-is-loose-hardcover","title":"The Leopard Is Loose - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Harrigan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe fragile, 1952 postwar tranquility of a young boy's world explodes one summer day when a leopard escapes from the Oklahoma City zoo, throwing all the local residents into dangerous excitement, in this evocative story of a child's confrontation with his deepest fears\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Grady McClarty, an ever-watchful but bewildered five-year-old boy, World War II is only a troubling, ungraspable event that occurred before he was born. But he feels its effects all around him. He and his older brother Danny are fatherless, and their mother, Bethie, is still grieving for her fighter-pilot husband. Most of all, Grady senses it in his two uncles: young combat veterans determined to step into a fatherhood role for their nephews, even as they struggle with the psychological scars they carry from the war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen news breaks that a leopard has escaped from the Oklahoma City Zoo, the playthings and imagined fears of Grady's childhood begin to give way to real-world terrors, most imminently the dangerous jungle cat itself. \u003ci\u003eThe Leopard Is Loose\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning encapsulation of America in the 1950s, and a moving portrait of a boy's struggle to find his place in the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSTEPHEN HARRIGAN is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling \u003ci\u003eThe Gates of the Alamo, Remember Ben Clayton\u003c\/i\u003e (which, among other awards, won the James Fenimore Cooper Prize from the Society of American Historians for best historical novel), \u003ci\u003eChallenger Park, A Friend of Mr. Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBig Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a writer-at-large for \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as a screenwriter who has written many movies for television. He lives in Austin, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.14 x 8.55 x 6.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 18, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768082006304,"sku":"9780525655770","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/42fc329a932a2ddc2f946861dde88497.webp?v=1780324279","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-leopard-is-loose-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}