{"product_id":"beyond-the-point-ed-lecrone-9781425994624","title":"Beyond the Point: Short Stories","description":"A terrific pounding on his farmhouse door shakes an old man, widowed and alone, from a fitful slumber. From out of the swirling snowflakes of the worst storm in decades comes a menace that the aged farmer is ill prepared to deal with. \"The Sea Shell Frame.\" Lyle Wingate III sets off in his 1974, MGB for a cross- country trip to California. Passing through the white-hot heat of a drought filled Kansas summer the old car gives out stranding the young traveler in a treeless expanse that offers little hope of rescue. In a desolate old house, Wingate encounters a being not of this world whose designs on his body go beyond anything his mind can imagine. \"All the Pleasures of Kansas.\" Asa Breen hacks out a farmstead on the trackless Northern Illinois prairie only to be caught up in an Indian invasion led by Chief Black Hawk in the spring of 1832. A chance meeting with a Potawatomi maiden saves his life and commences a post war saga in \"Stillman's Run.\" Boys struggle to reach manhood and deal with the pitfalls of decision-making and romance in the stories entitled, \"A Catfish is a Plain Damned Wonderment, The Rookie, and The Senior.\" Ed LeCrone produces a collection of eleven short stories that are filled with twists, intrigue and unexpected endings in his second book; \"Beyond the Point.\" LeCrone's writing style harkens to earlier American authors namely: William Faulkner, Edgar Allen Poe, Mickey Spillane, and the lesser-known Ambrose Bierce. LeCrone attacks the pages of each story with memorable characters and full, meaty descriptions of the environment in which they exist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed Lecrone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1425994628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781425994624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Authorhouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/24\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d","brand":"Ed Lecrone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458212114687,"sku":"9781425994624","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_128ce765-121e-4845-8bd5-e473db6af9ed.jpg?v=1777403018","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-point-ed-lecrone-9781425994624","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}