{"product_id":"the-wild-girl-the-notebooks-of-ned-giles-1932-9781401300548","title":"The Wild Girl: The Notebooks of Ned Giles, 1932","description":"\u003cb\u003e From the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eOne Thousand White Women\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel in the tradition of \u003ci\u003eLittle Big Man\u003c\/i\u003e, tracing one man's search for adventure and the wild Apache girl who invites him into her world\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Ned Giles is orphaned as a teenager, he heads West, hoping to leave his troubles behind. He joins the 1932 Great Apache Expedition on their search for a young boy, the son of a wealthy Mexican landowner, who was kidnapped by wild Apaches. But the expedition's goal is complicated when they encounter a wild Apache girl in a Mexican jail cell, victim of a Mexican massacre of her tribe that has left her orphaned and unwilling to eat or speak. As he and the expedition make their way through the rugged Sierra Madre mountains, Ned's growing feelings for the troubled girl soon force him to choose allegiances and make a decision that will haunt him forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJim Fergus\u003c\/strong\u003e has been a freelance journalist for twenty-five years. His work has appeared in a wide variety of national magazines and newspapers and he is the author of two nonfiction books, \u003cem\u003eA Hunter's Road\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Sporting Road\u003c\/em\u003e. His first novel, \u003cem\u003eOne Thousand White Women\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 1998, won the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association fiction award.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hachette Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334424727826,"sku":"9781401300548","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c08dae25-6707-4296-9b01-ef9ecca72fe8.jpg?v=1727889218","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wild-girl-the-notebooks-of-ned-giles-1932-9781401300548","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}