{"product_id":"santa-ynez-a-novel-9798986479101","title":"Santa Ynez, a novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a drunken tourist asks local rancher the simple question \"are you a real cowboy?\", her inadvertently existential query launches Cole on a journey of self discovery and intrigue neither he nor the reader can anticipate. Born and raised on a cattle ranch along California's idyllic Central Coast, Cole has \"cowboy'd\" all his life; but he has also earned a Phd in intellectual history and has resolved to leave ranching for a job teaching at a prestigious university. When the untimely death of a young cowboy implicates his family, Cole is dragged back into their struggling ranch business and forced to confront hidden secrets. As the mystery unfolds, dark forces compel Cole to confront who he really is. Written with keen attention to detail, Santa Ynez opens a window on another world, the world of modern ranchers and farmers, sandwiched between modern Los Angeles and San Francisco, struggling to preserve a way of life and its values against the forces of modernity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatrick, Dennis Roy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Dennis Roy Patrick served on the White House staff of President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1983 and then as Commissioner and Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission until 1989. In the private sector he served as President of Time Warner Telecommunications, President of AOL Wireless and President of National Geographic Ventures where he oversaw cable and film production. He is now an author and rancher on the central coast of California.","brand":"Doeg Hill Ventures LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51325297656082,"sku":"9798986479101","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aef26f7b-d3d5-44d0-8193-3a57a202dfd0.jpg?v=1748725446","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/santa-ynez-a-novel-9798986479101","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}