{"product_id":"a-frontier-romance-wendy-chapin-ford-9781950462339","title":"A Frontier Romance: Tiger Bill and Kate","description":"This compelling work of art engages us on several levels: a narrative based on actual events, combined with imaginative speculation in poetry that is both formal and naturally conversational. The reader will find it a fascinating and ultimately moving piece of Americana. \u003cp\u003eJonathan Aldrich author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ring Road\u003c\/i\u003e and Foam\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis riveting narrative in fast-moving verse reads like a cliff-hanger, but it touches the heart-and engages the intellect-like what it is: genuine history, salvaged in great part from letters and documents of the author's family who played a role in the westward movement of the nation. If you like history well told and bearing the stamp of real people and their lives, read Wendy Ford's \u003ci\u003eFrontier Romance. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRhina Espaillat author of \u003ci\u003eThe Field and Brief Accident of Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing the time-honored techniques of traditional verse, Wendy Ford has written a timeless love-story. Where most tales of romance come to a happy ending, this one is only beginning: girl meets boy, they fall in love and live happily ever after-but what a life they live together  The man who'll come to be known as Judge \"Tiger Bill\" Campbell and his \"pioneer bride\" Kate ride west, fleeing her irate father, to settle in Kansas-where not much is \"settled.\" Drought and swarms of locusts destroy their crops; a cyclone tears an infant from them. Wildfires threaten their very existence. As judge, Tiger Bill must stand up to lawless gangs who threaten his life. Nothing, however, diminishes this couple's love for one another; it spills over into love for their neighbors, as they feed the hungry and defend the outsider. A \u003ci\u003elove \u003c\/i\u003estory, indeed \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Alfred Nicol author of \u003ci\u003eAnimal Psalms\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBrief Accident of Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen young lovers elope, they build strong civic ties together on the El Dorado, a frontier of mayhem and mishap west of the Missouri. Wendy Ford fashions high adventure out of language whose fine, measured rhythms reconcile the instinctual and the rational strains of human life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Zara Rabb, author of \u003ci\u003eSwimming the Eel \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFracas \u0026amp; Asylum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wendy Chapin Ford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1950462331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950462339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.25d\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wendy Chapin Ford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941048811775,"sku":"9781950462339","price":18.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d294f4fe-2e10-412a-87f2-003993839346.jpg?v=1681450610","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-frontier-romance-wendy-chapin-ford-9781950462339","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}