{"product_id":"crazy-weather-isbn-9781940436050","title":"Crazy Weather","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"This is the story of a boy who became a man in four days. Into it Charles McNichols has packed an amazing amount of action, adventure, Indian lore, and satisfying psychology . . . A splendid piece of fiction that can stand up in any company of contemporary novels.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUrsula K. Le Guin selected \u003ci\u003eCrazy Weather\u003c\/i\u003e for her introduction, citing Charles McNichols \"offhanded skill, the ease with which (he) takes us deep into a complex society and the complex minds and hearts of its people.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn four days of \"glory–hunting\" with an Indian comrade, South Boy, who is white, realizes he must choose between two cultures. Le Guin explains how she finds \u003ci\u003eCrazy Weather \u003c\/i\u003eto be \"about a soul not at home and not at peace: South Boy, who on the verge of manhood is living in and between two worlds, without a clear way to go in either.\" \u003ci\u003eCrazy Weather\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique tale of American identity that serves as \"an important document in our cultural history.\"\u003cb\u003eCharles L. McNichols\u003c\/b\u003e was a naval aviator in World War I who later worked in the movies and wrote for magazines. He will always be remembered for Crazy Weather, originally published in 1944 and his only book–length work of fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUrsula K. Le Guin was born in 1929 in Berkeley, and lives in Portland, Oregon. As of 2013, she has published twenty–one novels, eleven volumes of short stories, four collections of essays, twelve books for children, six volumes of poetry and four of translation, and has received many honors and awards including Hugo, Nebula, the National Book Award, and the PEN–Malamud.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304304890085,"sku":"NP9781940436050","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781940436050.jpg?v=1767724215","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/crazy-weather-isbn-9781940436050","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}