{"product_id":"the-undertakers-wife-paperback","title":"The Undertaker's Wife - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLoren D. Estleman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom award-winning author Loren D. Estleman comes \u003ci\u003eThe Undertaker's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe undertaker's wife waits, she weaves, she builds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe undertaker practices his art, the Dismal Trade, with consummate skill. He has raised it to an art through the high craft of the Connable Method. Through it, he has managed to transform the ugliness of death into a thing of dignity and beauty. Victims brutalized by war, street fights, tavern brawls, ambushes, fires, every hazard in a raw West--these in his hands become presentable. Everywhere on the frontier, which erupts with life and death, he offers his skill: to the rich of San Francisco, the bawds and ruffians of the Barbary Coast, to Kansas cowboys, outlaws, soldiers, and sheriffs. He is devoted to dignifying the dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe is devoted to making her marriage whole, in spite of the tragedy that surrounds it; and most especially in spite of the tragedy that in one terrible afternoon strikes at its center. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday the undertaker is called to disguise the suicide of a famous financier. It is high drama, for only his art can save American's financial markets. Her task on this day is secret, an act of understanding and dedication. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the end it is the undertaker's wife who, through love, is able to transcend death.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoren D. Estleman, the author of more than fifty books, is admired for both his novels of the West and his crime novels. His many books include the Amos Walker series, the Valentino Mysteries, and \u003ci\u003eSherlock Holmes vs. Dracula. \u003c\/i\u003eA nominee for the National Book Award, he has won five Spur Awards. Estleman lives in Michigan with his wife, author Deborah Morgan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.28 x 6.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 06, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761430987040,"sku":"9780765326126","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/af2755462c19134af121eb490b82da23.webp?v=1780207330","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-undertakers-wife-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}