{"product_id":"leanders-lies-paperback","title":"Leander's Lies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNancy Werking Poling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElias Leander Muller did not hunt with Teddy Roosevelt in the Dismal Swamp, as he claimed. He never represented North Carolina in the U.S. Congress. He never lived on a plantation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLies. All lies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the post-Civil War South, Elias grows up along the eastern edge of North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains. A gifted boy, he imagines himself becoming a prominent politician or eloquent preacher. But early marriage and fatherhood trap him in the life he'd hoped to avoid: that of a poor tenant farmer. When the Panic of 1893 sends a financial blow to the entire country, Elias, like many farmers, is heavily in debt. He abandons Emma and their sons. Going by the name of Leander, he reinvents himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe South has changed since he first mapped out his political ambitions. A Republican (as in the Party of Lincoln), he recognizes the futility of confronting the powerful Democratic Party. Where to go? What to do?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeander is an anti-hero, a man whose deceptions escalate at grave cost to others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil escape becomes exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47268448534777,"sku":"9781953932419","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NJsvV5nKq59781953932419.webp?v=1768880301","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/leanders-lies-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}