{"product_id":"chasing-the-black-eagle-9781459750593","title":"Chasing the Black Eagle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgainst a backdrop of the Harlem Renaissance and Haile Selassie's Ethiopia, a young man tails Hubert Julian -- a pilot, inventor, adventurer, charlatan, and possible threat to America.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFacing an attempted murder charge, seventeen-year-old Arthur Tormes is in no position to refuse when a federal agent named Riley Triggs offers him a deal: all charges get dropped and Arthur goes free if he agrees to help the Bureau with a problem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat problem is Hubert Julian, a.k.a. the Black Eagle of Harlem: inventor, pilot, parachutist, daredevil, charlatan, and one of the most extraordinary and popular figures of the Harlem Renaissance. For Triggs, it's the popularity that makes Julian a serious threat to the well-being of America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo win his freedom, Arthur begins a spying mission that will occupy the next thirteen years of his life, taking him from 1920s New York City to Ethiopia on the verge of war -- often at great personal cost. In the end, while America remains safe, Arthur Tormes's fate is less certain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBruce Geddes is the author of one previous novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Higher the Monkey Climbs\u003c\/i\u003e (2018). His short fiction has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlank Spaces Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eFreshwater Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Windsor, Ontario, he currently lives in Kingston.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50453642871058,"sku":"9781459750593","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9edc9c0e-540f-473f-b4f0-c7047701d938.jpg?v=1729852739","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/chasing-the-black-eagle-9781459750593","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}