{"product_id":"the-horse-on-the-sidewalk-baker-h-morrow-9781956375329","title":"The Horse on the Sidewalk: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The best kind of coming-of-age tale, one full of peril and heroism and young love.... A flawless snapshot of a time and a place worth remembering.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e-Steve Brewer, author of \u003cem\u003eTrouble Town\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGil Wheeler has one thing on his mind: making enough money to land his own motorcycle. Maybe even a girlfriend. Between selling papers and hawking rings, he dreams of adventure and exploration beyond the expanding edge of post-war Albuquerque. Together, Gil and his friends navigate their just-built junior high and the desert landscape beyond their neighborhood - a new suburb that, much like their young lives, is brimming with both fresh possibility and the promise that not all dreams will come true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese interconnected short stories \u003cstrong\u003e\"delight the reader with their minimalist precision, their eccentric humor, and the off-the-wall details of their no-bull realism\"\u003c\/strong\u003e (V. B. Price) and \u003cstrong\u003e\"capture boom-town Albuquerque in its first explosion\"\u003c\/strong\u003e (Enrique Lamadrid).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Baker H. Morrow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1956375325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781956375329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Casa Urraca Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Baker H. Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46136334123263,"sku":"9781956375329","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_888bf811-bacf-43ee-b447-43d1055a7e19.jpg?v=1726416377","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-horse-on-the-sidewalk-baker-h-morrow-9781956375329","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}