{"product_id":"cultivating-the-texas-twister-hybrid-michael-sir-lyons-9780965584203","title":"Cultivating the Texas Twister Hybrid","description":"\"Cultivating the Texas Twister Hybrid\" is a coming of age novel, in the spirit of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Marijuana Grower tradition. \u003cp\u003eSet in a little house on a prairie near Austin, Texas in 1977, the plot follows Walker, an over-educated slacker who moves onto a desolate farm under condition that he sharecrop marijuana. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surface story is about Walker's relationships: his apprenticeship to the master grower Greg, and his interaction with his girlfriend Ruth as they struggle against poverty, drought, a plague of locusts, pot rustlers and police to bring in the cash crop. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a gardener's journal; it is also a criminal's internal monologue. As a gardener's journal it lyrically depicts the growth of consciousness accompanying the pastoral life. The criminal's internal monologue humorously contrasts as we experience his states of increasing awareness and imagination on the path to attainment of country wisdom through developing a work ethic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Sir Lyons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0965584208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780965584203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HiT MoteL Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.53h x 5.51w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1999 pg. 98\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Sir Lyons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47473970249983,"sku":"9780965584203","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_18705cf9-c9df-47d9-b408-6ba5e06b4b3c.jpg?v=1762314130","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cultivating-the-texas-twister-hybrid-michael-sir-lyons-9780965584203","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}