{"product_id":"winding-stair-isbn-9780451234797","title":"Winding Stair","description":"\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWinding Stair\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003ci\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/i\u003e for grown-ups... A significant and highly entertaining contribution to the popular literature of the American West.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1890, is a haven of justice presiding over thousands of square miles known as the Indian Nation, a land that harbors the most hardened criminals in the country. When a woman is found murdered, young attorney Eben Pay, newly arrived to the territory, is pulled into a posse that follows a trail of blood and destruction. Among the dead he discovers a survivor, the beautiful, traumatized Jennie Thrasher, and the question of what she witnessed hangs like a storm cloud over the investigation. From the trial to the courtroom, \u003ci\u003eWinding Stair\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic historical novel that brings to vivid life a bygone era.\"\u003ci\u003eWinding Stair\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003ci\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/i\u003e for grown-ups... Jones relies  on  none of the usual Western trappings; he eschews stereotypes... The  historical research is seamless-the story never slows down to admit dull  exposition. \u003ci\u003eWinding Stair\u003c\/i\u003e convinces, utterly, that this is how  life must have been in that place at that time... a significant and  highly  entertaining contribution to the popular literature of the American  West.\" — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stunning...excellent...superb...You'll not forget it very soon.\" — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A classic Western novel in the finest sense of that often abused term...  spare, tough and honest.\" — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHouston Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jones is a meticulous craftsman whose dialects, dialogues, settings, and  sayings seem so 'right' and natural that one has the satisfying feeling  of having read a novel without one 'false note.'\" — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Sunday Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas C. Jones\u003c\/b\u003e was a three-time winner of the Western Writers of America's Golden Spur Award, as well as the recipient of their Owen Wister Award of Lifetime Achievement. A native of Arkansas, Jones died in 1998.","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304109920485,"sku":"NP9780451234797","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780451234797.jpg?v=1767744363","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/winding-stair-isbn-9780451234797","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}