{"product_id":"riding-the-earthboy-40-9780143034391","title":"Riding the Earthboy 40","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Welch \u003c\/b\u003e(1940 - 2003) was the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eWinter in the Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Jim Loney\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFools Crow\u003c\/i\u003e (for which he received the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, an American Book Award, and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award), \u003ci\u003eThe Indian Lawyer\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Heartsong of Charging Elk\u003c\/i\u003e. Welch also wrote a nonfiction book, \u003ci\u003eKilling Custer: The Battle of the Little Bighorn\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFate of the Plains Indians\u003c\/i\u003e, and a work of poetry, \u003ci\u003eRiding the Earthboy 40\u003c\/i\u003e. He attended schools on the Blackfeet and Fort Belknap reservations in Montana, graduated from the University of Montana, where he studied writing with the late Richard Hugo, and served on the Montana State Board of Pardons. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Tate\u003c\/b\u003e's honors include a National Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Poetry and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50490058408210,"sku":"9780143034391","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_adc0c505-5f69-41e5-b43b-fb65e6f81c7c.jpg?v=1730512857","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/riding-the-earthboy-40-9780143034391","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}