{"product_id":"the-big-sky-9780618154630","title":"The Big Sky","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning author A. B. Guthrie, Jr., \u003cem\u003eThe Big Sky \u003c\/em\u003eis a classic portrait of America's vast frontier that inspired the Western genre in fiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Best Novel of the American West \u003cbr\u003eas chosen by members of the Western Literature Association\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Big Sky is the first of A. B. Guthrie Jr.'s epic adventure novels set in the American West. Here he introduces Boone Caudill, Jim Deakins, and Dick Summers: traveling the Missouri River from St. Louis to the Rockies, these frontiersmen live as trappers, traders, guides, and explorers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaudill is a young Kentuckian driven by a raging hunger for life, longing for the blue sky and brown earth of big, wild places. Caught up in the freedom and savagery of the wilderness, he becomes an untamed mountain man, whom only the beautiful daughter of a Blackfoot chief dares to love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith The Big Sky, Guthrie presents an unforgettable portrait of a spacious land and a unique way of lie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wallace Stegner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuthrie, A. B.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - A. B. GUTHRIE, JR. (1901-1991), was the author of numerous books, including six Big Sky novels, as well as the Academy Award-nominated screenplay for the classic film \u003ci\u003eShane\u003c\/i\u003e. He received the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Way West. \u003c\/i\u003eGuthrie was honored for his contribution to literature and his portrayal of the American West.","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50605296288018,"sku":"9780618154630","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ea98ff5c-b68d-496b-89eb-c307d916e638.jpg?v=1732273759","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-big-sky-9780618154630","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}