{"product_id":"run-with-the-horsemen-9780140072747","title":"Run with the Horsemen","description":"From the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Whisper of the River\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEpiphany\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this coming-of-age story, Porter Osbourne Jr. is a precocious, sensitive, and rambunctious boy trying to make it through adolescence during the Depression. On a red-clay farm in Georgia, he learns all there is to know about cotton-chopping, hog-killing, watermelon-thumping, and mule-handling. School provides a quick course in practical joking, schoolboy crushes, athletic glory, and clandestine sex. But it is Porter's family-- his genteel, patient mother, his swarm of cousins, his snuff-dipping grandmother, and, most of all, his beloved though flawed father--who teaches Porter the painful truths about growing up strong enough to run with the horsemen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The writing is elegant, reflective, and amused. Mr. Sams is a storyteller sure of his audience . . . gifted with perfect timing.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Remarkable both for its humor and its sustained and detailed picture of a mischievous Southern farmboy's life during the Great Depression.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFerrol Sams is a physician, humorist, storyteller, and the bestselling author of eight novels rooted in the oral tradition of southern humor and folklore. He lives in Fayetteville, Georgia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526845305106,"sku":"9780140072747","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_25c6e394-260e-4f93-acd0-edf227d730cd.jpg?v=1731284319","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/run-with-the-horsemen-9780140072747","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}