{"product_id":"denver-9781451626131","title":"Denver","description":"\u003cb\u003eBy the 1920s, Denver had outgrown its frontier-town beginnings.\u003c\/b\u003e But for some, life was still as perilous as the surrounding terrain. The insidious influence of the Ku Klux Klan was reaching its peak, and those who stood in its path feared for their safety. \u003ci\u003eDenver \u003c\/i\u003eis the saga of a family caught in this tempestuous time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo newspaperman Tom Hastings, his writing matters more than anything. As the book opens, President Harding has just died, and Hastings finds himself drawn toward the biggest story of his career. But his wife resents his allegiance to the newspaper and his Jewish stepfather is a target for the supremacist Kleagles--two good reasons not to persist in his pursuit of the story: that and the KKK has penetrated the highest levels of government in the state. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome eighty characters surround Tom Hastings: there's his half-sister, the quiet, passionate Jewess Anna Kohl; David Waldo, a socialist and friend to Jack London; Willie Brown, a rising political star torn between his desire for elective office and the love of his life; and Marvel Millette, a Nellie Bly-like reporter in whom Tom Hastings finally meets his match. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Dunning creates flesh-and-blood figures, not only of these fictional characters but of historical personages as well. There is John Galen Locke, the Grand Dragon of the KKK, and Fred Bonfils, a founder of a newspaper dynasty built on tabloid sensationalism; President Calvin Coolidge, too, makes a gruff appearance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDenver \u003c\/i\u003eis a panoramic novel as vibrant as the city for which it is named, as tumultuous as the era in which it is set. John Dunning never lets the reader lose sight of the men and women who live their lives on the pages of this saga. While crosses burst into angry flames and menacing droves of white-robed Klansmen gather against the torch-lit skies, passions, fears, joys, and hates are played out in Denver in the 1920s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Dunning (1942-2023) revealed book collecting's most shocking secrets in his bestselling series of crime novels featuring Cliff Janeway: \u003ci\u003eBooked to Die\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the prestigious Nero Wolfe Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Bookman's Wake\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book; and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Bookman's Promise\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sign of the Book\u003c\/i\u003e, and The \u003ci\u003eBookwoman's Last Fling\u003c\/i\u003e. He also wrote the Edgar Award-nominated \u003ci\u003eDeadline\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Holland Suggestions\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTwo O'Clock, Eastern Wartime\u003c\/i\u003e. An expert on rare and collectible books, he owned the Old Algonquin Bookstore in Denver for many years.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50337393770770,"sku":"9781451626131","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cdaf55bd-717a-498a-99c4-f0bdc0217bfc.jpg?v=1727961915","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/denver-9781451626131","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}