{"product_id":"pelican-road-howard-bahr-9781496810502","title":"Pelican Road","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Fiction Award (2009)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Early on the morning of Christmas Eve, 1940, Artemus Kane leaves his sweetheart's New Orleans flat to catch the northbound Silver Star, a first-class passenger train on the Southern Railway. Artemus, a brakeman, will help bring the train to Meridian, Mississippi, a 180-mile journey along what the railroad men call \"Pelican Road.\" Meanwhile, in the Meridian yard, conductor Frank Smith awakes in his caboose. A few hours later, Smith will take charge of a fast freight train southbound for the Crescent City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Smith and Kane, who served together in the Marine Corps during World War I, are old comrades. Their friendship flourishes amid the community of railroad men who work along Pelican Road--a brotherhood whose lives are spent among the lights and shadows, the danger and humor and violence, and the loneliness and camaraderie of railroad work. On this Christmas Eve, however, Smith and Kane are each bound on a journey that will alter their lives forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003ePelican Road\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel played out against the landscape of a vanished way of life. Howard Bahr, who worked as a brakeman and yard clerk in the twilight years of old-time railroading, brings the authenticity of experience to his narrative. \u003ci\u003ePelican Road\u003c\/i\u003e, however, seems more than a railroad adventure story. At its heart, the novel is about friendship and love, about men and women who persevere in the face of hardship and danger and who, in the end, find redemption in each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard Bahr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496810503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496810502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Howard Bahr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992113086719,"sku":"9781496810502","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8298ec5f-9a1f-452d-a6da-c32ea4d17d89.jpg?v=1683314129","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pelican-road-howard-bahr-9781496810502","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}