{"product_id":"ad-hoc-justice-malania-e-reynolds-9781943189465","title":"Ad Hoc Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSimon Maxwell has a life-long dream\u003c\/strong\u003e of exploring the American west and following in the footsteps of Capt. Meriwether Lewis and 2nd Lt. William Clark to the Pacific Ocean. But his father insists that he learn a vocation. While at university, he meets Anthony Clark and Susannah, his friend's sister, a woman fascinated by her father's law books.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimon passes the bar and becomes a lawyer but cannot resist his dreams of the past. With his lovely wife Susannah at his side, he sets out from Boston bound for California by ship, braving Panama's heat and tangled jungles along the way. They arrive in the port of San Francisco during the height of the American gold rush. Along the way, he meets stranded immigrants, and with his intelligence and skills at finalizing a deal, he becomes a partner in a saw mill among the tall trees of the California coastline.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDespite his new life, the siren call of the legal profession beckons, and Simon and his wife realize their destiny is in Sacramento. Leaving their friends behind, they start anew in the capital city and find themselves immersed in the intrigue, drama, glamour and excitement of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Malania E. Reynolds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1943189463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781943189465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Three Skillet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.53d","brand":"Malania E. Reynolds","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800661537023,"sku":"9781943189465","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ad-hoc-justice-malania-e-reynolds-9781943189465","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}