{"product_id":"lone-dog-road-9781608689941","title":"Lone Dog Road","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA tale of compassion and redemption from an award-winning author whose writing Louise Erdrich has praised as \"storytelling with a greatness of heart\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the drought-stricken summer of 1950, two Lakota boys, ages eleven and six, huddle in a boxcar hurtling through the prairie night as they run from a government agent sent to take the younger boy to an Indian boarding school. But what begins as a pursuit soon becomes a complex drama of intersecting lives as the boys make their way across the vast Dakota plains to the pipestone quarries of western Minnesota to replace their great-grandfather's \u003cem\u003echannunpa\u003c\/em\u003e, or sacred pipe, that was broken by the agent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Alive with a rich tapestry of characters the boys meet along their journey, this riveting story is at once an exploration of the hidden corners of the human heart and a moving study of the way the land shapes the people who live, love, dream, and die upon it. Sprawling yet intimate, \u003cem\u003eLone Dog Road \u003c\/em\u003eis destined to take its place in the grand tradition of great American road novels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKent Nerburn\u003c\/strong\u003e has published sixteen books of creative nonfiction, fiction, and essays focusing on Native American and American culture and spirituality, including the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eChief Joseph \u0026amp; the Flight of the Nez Perce\u003c\/em\u003e. He won a Minnesota Book Award in 1995 for \u003cem\u003eNeither Wolf nor Dog\u003c\/em\u003e and another in 2010 for \u003cem\u003eThe Wolf at Twilight\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New World Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51276880871698,"sku":"9781608689941","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fb3addf7-539c-4516-867c-a7a1927c9308.jpg?v=1747143993","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lone-dog-road-9781608689941","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}