{"product_id":"the-meadow-9780805027037","title":"The Meadow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn American Library Association Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn discrete disclosures joined with the intricacy of a spider's web, James Galvin depicts the hundred-year history of a meadow in the arid mountains of the Colorado\/Wyoming border. Galvin describes the seasons, the weather, the wildlife, and the few people who do not possess but are themselves possessed by this terrain. In so doing he reveals an experience that is part of our heritage and mythology. For Lyle, Ray, Clara, and App, the struggle to survive on an independent family ranch is a series of blameless failures and unacclaimed successes that illuminate the Western character. \u003ci\u003eThe Meadow\u003c\/i\u003e evokes a sense of place that can be achieved only by someone who knows it intimately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaised in northern Colorado, \u003cb\u003eJames Galvin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three volumes of poetry and a novel, \u003ci\u003eFencing the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received the Nation\/Discovery Award as well as fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Institutes. Mr. Galvin divides his time between Iowa City, where he teaches at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, and his ranch near Tie Siding, Wyoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50625552843026,"sku":"9780805027037","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e9686636-e72c-416d-be94-9e8a5b1f2e92.jpg?v=1732631932","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-meadow-9780805027037","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}