{"product_id":"of-time-and-punishment-9781622882823","title":"Of Time and Punishment","description":"\u003cp\u003e The story centers between Mathes's release from federal prison and his release from the purgatory of a halfway house in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1985. Mathes had been an honorable, decorated soldier in the Army National Guard who had become a federal inmate after conviction for my role in covering up the theft of a machine-gun by a friend. At its heart, it is the story of a young man, who after his release from prison, struggles to create a new life as he searches for work and friendship with the stigma of being a felon as he copes with a fractured sense of identity, his past, and the lure of booze he is forbidden to have. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e JERRY D. MATHES grew up a feral child in the deserts of the American Southwest who loved to read library books. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAhead of the Flaming Front: A Life on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the North American Book Prize; an essay collection \u003ci\u003eFever and Guts: A Symphony;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Journal West: Poems;\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003eOf Time and Punishment: A Memoi\u003c\/i\u003er. Among things he's done to support his writing, and two daughters have been a wildland firefighter on a helicopter-rappel crew and logistics at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica where he led the Southernmost Writers Workshop in the World. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stephen F. Austin University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51807235375378,"sku":"9781622882823","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6e2f13d2-2661-4a72-8341-32ab9ea1acb8.jpg?v=1766047035","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/of-time-and-punishment-9781622882823","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}