{"product_id":"lassoing-the-sun-mark-woods-9781250827456","title":"Lassoing the Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this remarkable journey, Mark Woods captures the essence of our National Parks: their serenity and majesty, complexity and vitality--and their power to heal. --Ken Burns \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor many childhood summers, Mark Woods piled into a station wagon with his parents and two sisters and headed to America's national parks. Mark's most vivid childhood memories are set against a backdrop of mountains, woods, and fireflies in places like Redwood, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon national parks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On the eve of turning fifty and a little burned-out, Mark decided to reconnect with the great outdoors. He'd spend a year visiting the national parks. He planned to take his mother to a park she'd not yet visited and to re-create his childhood trips with his wife and their iPad-generation daughter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But then the unthinkable happened: his mother was diagnosed with cancer and given just months to live. Mark had initially intended to write a book about the future of the national parks, but \u003ci\u003eLassoing the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e grew into something more: a book about family, the parks, and the legacies we inherit and the ones we leave behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Woods\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250827450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250827456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"Mark Woods","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046288126207,"sku":"9781250827456","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c13a2d39-a5a6-4788-960a-0b7490f701da.jpg?v=1684983724","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lassoing-the-sun-mark-woods-9781250827456","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}