{"product_id":"wayfaring-stranger-paperback-3","title":"Wayfaring Stranger - 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\u003eJames Lee Burke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn his most ambitious work yet, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller James Lee Burke tells a classic American story through one man's unforgettable life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1934, sixteen-year-old Weldon Avery Holland happens upon infamous criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow after one of their notorious armed robberies. A confrontation with the outlaws ends with Weldon firing a gun, unsure whether it hit its mark. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTen years later, Second Lieutenant Weldon Holland barely survives the Battle of the Bulge, in the process saving the lives of his sergeant, Hershel Pine, and a young Spanish prisoner of war, Rosita Lowenstein--a woman who holds the same romantic power over him as the strawberry blonde Bonnie Parker, and is equally mysterious. The three return to Texas where Weldon and Hershel get in on the ground floor of the nascent oil business. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn just a few years' time Weldon will spar with the jackals of the industry, rub shoulders with dangerous men, and win and lose fortunes twice over. But it is the prospect of losing his one true love that will spur his most reckless act yet--one inspired by that encounter long ago with the outlaws of his youth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA tender love story and pulse-pounding thriller, \u003ci\u003eWayfaring Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e \"is a sprawling historical epic full of courage and loyalty and optimism and good-heartedness that reads like an ode to the American Dream\" (Benjamin Percy, \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Lee Burke is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, two-time winner of the Edgar Award, and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction. He has authored forty novels and two short story collections. He lives in Missoula, Montana.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 13, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47251411304697,"sku":"9781982183448","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/aDJQYzdCVThqVVpzcXVGV0xLWDl4QT09_1526092d-7e36-4f3f-8b70-b1c1b44d395d.webp?v=1768673666","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/wayfaring-stranger-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}